One of Europe’s biggest snakes – that can develop up to 2 metres in duration – is setting up home within the attics and wall cavities of UK houses, according to a take a look at. Aesculapian snakes are non-native however after potential “escapes” can be found in the capital – close to London Zoo and Regent’s Canal – and around Colwyn Bay in North Wales. A look at on the snakes located they have been “actively searching for and returning to apply inhabited buildings”. Researchers from Bangor University determined them “mountaineering large systems to get entry to the attics and wall cavities of houses”. Male Aesculapian snakes had a “wonderful desire” for buildings – with seven out of 8 in search of indoor refuge – and are “unafraid of the use of buildings and other features in near proximity to human beings”. Female snakes, however, preferred to stay in forest. The examine implanted 21 Aesculapian snakes with radio transmitters over two seasons to peer the quantity of their habitat. People with a snake phobia is probably comforted by the information other UK species, which includes the adder, clean snake and grass snake, usually steer clear of buildings and concrete environments.
