Non native and non venomous Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) found in London.
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@paulreynolds9003Ай бұрын
There’s lots of two legged ones in Westminster.
@desthomas3020Ай бұрын
They belong to reform.
@paulreynolds9003Ай бұрын
@@desthomas3020 I was thinking labour myself.
@shanewalton4913Ай бұрын
They belong to Labour Party and tories Party and SNP party the green party and the Lib Democrats lol
@brigidsingleton1596Ай бұрын
Our British Independence Day - 4th July 2024 - has (finally) come through... We ousted the 'Tory tyranny' We're Red now, thank f🦆 & so, no longer Blue!
@bigbaz-1218Ай бұрын
come on people can we stop giving snakes a bad name wildlife has feelings to
@ravendark2422Ай бұрын
It’s not the only invasive snake in London.
@adrianh332Ай бұрын
Great post I agree 100%
@Neil-clareАй бұрын
Sidiq khan is the biggest snake in london
@davidbetts9332Ай бұрын
Sadiq Khan?
@kevinwoods5376Ай бұрын
A particularly nasty venomous creature.
@roymillsjnr5172Ай бұрын
It's moved into number 10 😂 🙌
@Sally237-s4wАй бұрын
Arrrh sorry deform never won.
@snowballsvlogs621Ай бұрын
Did it have a Labour rossette on it.
@tonystock856Ай бұрын
Excuse me it’s Liebour.
@jimduffy1967Ай бұрын
@@tonystock856I love the pain you defeated Tory,or reform idiots 😅😅😅😅
@jimandmarypowell9783Ай бұрын
I saw these snakes in Austria years ago, as a boy. Brought one back in a basket and 'released ' in South Wales. The ignorance of youth. There is a population in North Wales and one in South East England. In Austria, we found the in the early morning, in the roof of a hay barn.
@20111jayАй бұрын
Thank you for protecting these snakes by not making their location too obvious. Not everyone who looks for these beautiful snakes is their friend.
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
Thank you!
@deangriffith6862Ай бұрын
If it’s a none native then it will have to go it will have no known predators, haven’t we learned anything look what’s happened to the Florida Everglades with invasive snakes
@benjammin1212Ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly but people don't get it. We've enough problems with greys and crows decimating the wild bird population, Every piece of woodland where ive been called to cull grey squirrels has a noticeable lack of song birds, and this snake eats birds and eggs..
@750tritonАй бұрын
@@benjammin1212 Signal crayfish are not only wiping out our native crays but making river, canal and lake banks dangerous due to the deep burrows they dig. May be too late but I'd go Australian with the non native species
@billywatts4689Ай бұрын
You're talking crap
@cliffordbuttle4529Ай бұрын
@@750triton410 is the best way to deal with them 😂😂😂
@nepaleseman1010Ай бұрын
@@billywatts4689 I agree.
@alanbone5512Ай бұрын
Fascinating , they. Seem to have really made a niche in this country , , I once found a spider on my front door about 30 years ago. Big strong , and very intimidating , not scared at all , of humans , in fact very aggressive . Defensive , even made a hissing sound too , make of that what you will , the closest species is a wasp spider but this was bigger , really thick set , I captured it took it to local pet shop , they had never seen this species either , they said they would give it to local spider enthusiast , that was last i heard never seen one since , very rare ,
@GrowbaG2381Ай бұрын
Well forgive my ignorance as an Australian i didn't know England had snake's i thought england only had leprechauns and dragon's
@stevefowler3398Ай бұрын
WRONG! IRELAND has leprachauns. WALES has dragons. In England we now only have fairies.....
@lilynorthover8378Ай бұрын
@@stevefowler3398and unicorns 🦄
@awattАй бұрын
We have bears and cougars if you know which clubs to visit.
@pauldurkee4764Ай бұрын
@@awatt And Whales.
@pauldurkee4764Ай бұрын
Have a look at the new sub species of anaconda found in S America, a type of green anaconda.
@rogersimmons8788Ай бұрын
Soon to be living at 10 Downing Street!
@benjammin1212Ай бұрын
This snake eats birds, eggs , mice, moles etc.. Just like the grey squirrel it will eventually become a pest..
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
That is a slight possibility, but the conditions for them to spread in the UK aren't as favourable as they as they were for the grey squirrel. None of the UK populations are increasing significantly, one is decreasing and a study has concluded it will eventually die out. I don't know the stats for the Welsh population, but they are closely monitored by the local university. The area that the snakes in the video where filmed in doesn't have enough connections to other suitable habitat for them to spread, there were more sightings at the edges of their range during lockdown but numbers and surrounding roads pretty much rule out this population expanding. Warmer summers may work in favour of this species, but I don't see them increasing much without more introductions.
@billywatts4689Ай бұрын
One snake ?
@Sally237-s4wАй бұрын
Grey squirrels are lovely..it’s man that’s the pest.
@mallard4495Ай бұрын
@@Sally237-s4wGreys - introduced from N America - have caused the extinction of the native Red Squirrel in much of the UK.
@patrickormerod3472Ай бұрын
Thanks Ricky
@deedontworryАй бұрын
Amazing footage pal! 👌 I thought we only had grass snakes in London! 😮
@davidbilbrough3726Ай бұрын
Here's me thinking, there's lots of snakes in London: not just one.
@hitcher1119Ай бұрын
Definitely a gorgeous snake!
@IanPhillipsWildlife23 күн бұрын
Yeah great species!!
@adventureswithsquatchy1400Ай бұрын
Fantastic!! What a gorgeous snake! Great video!
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 Thank you, I’m so happy to finally see one!
@cliffordbuttle4529Ай бұрын
@@IanPhillipsWildlifebang 😂😂
@keithmoore1354Ай бұрын
All our snakes are in Westminster they are called MP😂
@ToddAutryАй бұрын
Great video Most amazing
@IanPhillipsWildlife23 күн бұрын
Thanks but buddy!
@jasonwarren7925Ай бұрын
Well done mate.... let's meet up next week i'm in town
@dryflyman7121Ай бұрын
You didn’t mention whether this snake was poisonous? It would be helpful, particularly if others now go and try to get a selfie??
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
@@dryflyman7121 Sorry, I should have mentioned that. These snakes are not venomous, but they may give a painful bite if handled.
@RocketDog73Ай бұрын
Not many snakes are poisonous - you can pretty much eat most of them. A few however are venomous. These guys are not and are also linked to the God of Medicine(Asclepius).
@davidmellish329518 күн бұрын
Snakes can be venomous but they're never poisonous
@pauldurkee4764Ай бұрын
Had to look this snake up, i suppose anything up to 5 ft is big for Britain.
@MarsOatom-oy8zeАй бұрын
Corrugated galvanised panel sprayed black ⚫️ leave it where the snakea are in the sun and they love it, as it gets really hot and provides cover 👍
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
@@MarsOatom-oy8ze These snakes are on private land, the owners monitor them using this method. I use the same technique in areas where I manage the habitat.
@syncrosimonАй бұрын
Tell me more about this species👍
@geoff1653Ай бұрын
Was it the MAYOR snake
@NaturallyCuriousUKАй бұрын
Great you actually caught up with this species at last! 👍🙂👍
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
Thanks Mate.
@RocketDog73Ай бұрын
Ps. If you catch these you have to take them home as it would be an offence to re introduce an invasive/non native species back into the uk. Most likely never enforced.
@garyhope3731Ай бұрын
You mean he’s just moved into number 10?
@robdowsing3361Ай бұрын
Certainly a snake but not “huge”
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
@@robdowsing3361 Big by London standards, the ‘Huge’ is a reference to a tabloid newspaper article about this population from a few years ago which mentioned ‘huge snakes that could eat small children’ obviously total nonsense!
@patrickrose1221Ай бұрын
Stick a bit of corrugated tin down, you'll be surprised. Be careful though! We've got more Adders than people realise 😉👍
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
These Snakes are mostly on private land, so the best spots for mats are out reach but they are monitored. I have lots of tin and mats in East London working with LVRPA and Hackney council to monitor Grass Snakes, Amphibians and small mammals. I've also got tin and mats in a few Adder spots with fairly steady results over the last few years.
@patrickrose1221Ай бұрын
@@IanPhillipsWildlife Good as gold Ian 😉👍
@patrickrose1221Ай бұрын
@@IanPhillipsWildlife I lived in the Brecon Beacons for thirty years. Once we had a mountain fire and got to see just how many reptiles there were, especially when they came down into people's houses and gardens 🙄😆👍
@DeeCee-nb6evАй бұрын
Huge? 😆 Reminds me of the knife scene in Crocodile Dundee. 😉
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
It’s big by London standards, but the Huge in the thumbnail is a reference to a tabloid newspaper article about these snakes (which was total BS) and a dig at journalist who wrote a story about me a couple of years ago.
@DeeCee-nb6evАй бұрын
@@IanPhillipsWildlife Fair explanation and not complaining just i thought it may have been a python found in a garden or something. Still remember coming across an Adder basking on top of a bramble growth which was about my height (i was about 14 at the time) and its tail was still on the top of the growth when its head was on the ground. Also remember catching grass snakes from a local pond that were easily pushing 6 feet in length and there were a lot of them. Rare to see anything like that these days.
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
@@DeeCee-nb6ev We have a good population of Grass Snakes on Hackney Marshes, theres one thats over 5 feet, but I've not seen her since 2022.
@santorini8423Ай бұрын
There’s 2, Starmer and Khan…..
@terrybull1043Ай бұрын
It’s rushy trying to get away hiding under a rock
@user-uz3fh8ge2dАй бұрын
He, must be from the government
@CarlosAlberto-ii1liАй бұрын
Brit starting a sentence............................................OK
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
Classic case of not thinking about what I was going to say before recording!
@@samishalimbu6429 There are two native species of snake found in London and these non natives.
@patrickrose1221Ай бұрын
Just a slow worm that works out! 😆👍
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
@@patrickrose1221 Possibly on steroids? 🤣
@patrickrose1221Ай бұрын
@@IanPhillipsWildlife been down the bins at the back of the gym again 🙄😆😂👍
@PaulCoxCАй бұрын
Cool!
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
Cheers Paul.
@michaelsnelling3338Ай бұрын
Bet it was called STARMER. Slippery as well.
@marionjames4986Ай бұрын
Oops they found Sadiq Khan and his hiding place!😂😂😂
@spiderlegz.Ай бұрын
Huge.....biggest snake I have ever seen.....
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
@@spiderlegz. Big by London standards. But the ‘Huge’ is a reference to a certain tabloid newspaper article (these snakes might eat children) and journalist who got upset when I called them out for writing a BS article about me.
@paulreid2223Ай бұрын
Named Keir ..
@Sally237-s4wАй бұрын
If he is ,he’d be a smooth snake..Farage a rattlesnake ..the worst possible low life ..as many sheep with find out one day..oh the shock horror .
@jimduffy196710 күн бұрын
Oh boo hoo my beloved cheating Tories have been kicked out👏👏👏😀😀😀😀
@paulreid22239 күн бұрын
@@jimduffy1967 and being "replaced" by communist Steir ... and everything is getting better now, right ???
@oscarpistoffalot2076Ай бұрын
Now residing at 10 Downing St
@royjennison3916Ай бұрын
just leave it alone they do no harm at all .
@IanPhillipsWildlifeАй бұрын
Yes 100% harmless.
@user-wf7xx4el4oАй бұрын
Saddique Khan
@geneleonardmedhurst1356Ай бұрын
Kier starmer
@craigm6878Ай бұрын
Looking at the comments, the Tories are taking losing the election like grown ups.
@marionjames4986Ай бұрын
Nah we are just good at spotting a sly predator when we see one, a snake in the grass!