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Adders officially confirmed extinct in Warwickshire (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
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Sadly, it's now official – the adder, Britain's sole truly venomous reptile, is effectively history in Warwickshire.

Its disappearance from a county once regarded as a stronghold has been reluctantly confirmed by the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust.

And the adder may well have vanished for quite some time: there have been no verified sightings since the 1990s.

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[–] -4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Biodiversity -1 Chances of not getting bit by a venomous snake while on a walk +1

You win some you lose some. If they were genetically distinct in some way, they should have been captured and saved, if not then ok whatever.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/reptiles/adder

    Bites are very unlikely unless you tread on them (your fault) or pick them up (also your fault).

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Vast majority of animals alive today either have learnt to avoid humans, or simply do so naturally, that's partly why they survived into the modern day.

    The fact that there have hardly been any bites, even acidentally, in recent times seems to me to be a function of their impending extinction, rather than the behaviour of the snakes themselves. If they were abundant, people might get bit a lot more.

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