I was visiting my granny in East Sussex when I chose to assist on her allocation. Whatever was as typical: we were planting seeds and providing the plants some water. However when my granny began watering the sweet peas, we discovered something crawling about, rattling in the supporting netting. It had a curved shape and was long and slim: it was a turf snake!
Turf snakes are the most typical types of snake in the UK. Fortunately, they are non-venomous. Their taxonomic name is Natrix natrix This yard snake had a brownish colour and was most likely residing in the allocation. Was it here since of the water? Was it here since there was an extra-large offering of deals with? Anyhow, it was plainly captured in the internet and was attempting to get away, each motion simply made it even worse for the bad animal.
We had a concept. My granny’s buddy on the next plot was cutting something. If she ‘d more than happy to attempt and cut the netting, she may release it. Each snip of the secateurs brought it one action more detailed to flexibility. The snake kept still and just hissed a little. All of a sudden, it crawled off as fast as a flash below a wood slab, where it looked for sanctuary. After we had actually freed it, we called it “Desmond Natrix”, since I like the name Desmond.
Max, 11
