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submitted 2 months ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/nature@feddit.uk

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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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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

Outside the UK they in fact are extremely abundant, found across the whole of Europe and most of Asia. Bites are just extremely rare.

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