Huge Snake Found in London

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Huge Snake Found in London

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Ian Phillips

Күн бұрын

Non native and non venomous Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) found in London.

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@paulreynolds9003 Ай бұрын

There’s lots of two legged ones in Westminster.

@desthomas3020 Ай бұрын

They belong to reform.

@paulreynolds9003 Ай бұрын

@@desthomas3020 I was thinking labour myself.

@shanewalton4913 Ай бұрын

They belong to Labour Party and tories Party and SNP party the green party and the Lib Democrats lol

@brigidsingleton1596 Ай 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-1218 Ай бұрын

come on people can we stop giving snakes a bad name wildlife has feelings to

@ravendark2422 Ай бұрын

It’s not the only invasive snake in London.

@adrianh332 Ай бұрын

Great post I agree 100%

@Neil-clare Ай бұрын

Sidiq khan is the biggest snake in london

@davidbetts9332 Ай бұрын

Sadiq Khan?

@kevinwoods5376 Ай бұрын

A particularly nasty venomous creature.

@roymillsjnr5172 Ай бұрын

It's moved into number 10 😂 🙌

@Sally237-s4w Ай бұрын

Arrrh sorry deform never won.

@snowballsvlogs621 Ай бұрын

Did it have a Labour rossette on it.

@tonystock856 Ай бұрын

Excuse me it’s Liebour.

@jimduffy1967 Ай бұрын

@@tonystock856I love the pain you defeated Tory,or reform idiots 😅😅😅😅

@jimandmarypowell9783 Ай 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.

@20111jay Ай 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.

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@deangriffith6862 Ай 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

@benjammin1212 Ай 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..

@750triton Ай 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

@billywatts4689 Ай бұрын

You're talking crap

@cliffordbuttle4529 Ай бұрын

@@750triton410 is the best way to deal with them 😂😂😂

@nepaleseman1010 Ай бұрын

@@billywatts4689 I agree.

@alanbone5512 Ай 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 ,

@GrowbaG2381 Ай 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

@stevefowler3398 Ай бұрын

WRONG! IRELAND has leprachauns. WALES has dragons. In England we now only have fairies.....

@lilynorthover8378 Ай бұрын

@@stevefowler3398and unicorns 🦄

@awatt Ай бұрын

We have bears and cougars if you know which clubs to visit.

@pauldurkee4764 Ай бұрын

@@awatt And Whales.

@pauldurkee4764 Ай бұрын

Have a look at the new sub species of anaconda found in S America, a type of green anaconda.

@rogersimmons8788 Ай бұрын

Soon to be living at 10 Downing Street!

@benjammin1212 Ай бұрын

This snake eats birds, eggs , mice, moles etc.. Just like the grey squirrel it will eventually become a pest..

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай 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.

@billywatts4689 Ай бұрын

One snake ?

@Sally237-s4w Ай бұрын

Grey squirrels are lovely..it’s man that’s the pest.

@mallard4495 Ай бұрын

@@Sally237-s4wGreys - introduced from N America - have caused the extinction of the native Red Squirrel in much of the UK.

@patrickormerod3472 Ай бұрын

Thanks Ricky

@deedontworry Ай бұрын

Amazing footage pal! 👌 I thought we only had grass snakes in London! 😮

@davidbilbrough3726 Ай бұрын

Here's me thinking, there's lots of snakes in London: not just one.

@hitcher1119 Ай бұрын

Definitely a gorgeous snake!

@IanPhillipsWildlife 23 күн бұрын

Yeah great species!!

@adventureswithsquatchy1400 Ай бұрын

Fantastic!! What a gorgeous snake! Great video!

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай бұрын

@@adventureswithsquatchy1400 Thank you, I’m so happy to finally see one!

@cliffordbuttle4529 Ай бұрын

@@IanPhillipsWildlifebang 😂😂

@keithmoore1354 Ай бұрын

All our snakes are in Westminster they are called MP😂

@ToddAutry Ай бұрын

Great video Most amazing

@IanPhillipsWildlife 23 күн бұрын

Thanks but buddy!

@jasonwarren7925 Ай бұрын

Well done mate.... let's meet up next week i'm in town

@dryflyman7121 Ай 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??

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай бұрын

@@dryflyman7121 Sorry, I should have mentioned that. These snakes are not venomous, but they may give a painful bite if handled.

@RocketDog73 Ай 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).

@davidmellish3295 18 күн бұрын

Snakes can be venomous but they're never poisonous

@pauldurkee4764 Ай бұрын

Had to look this snake up, i suppose anything up to 5 ft is big for Britain.

@MarsOatom-oy8ze Ай 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 👍

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай 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.

@syncrosimon Ай бұрын

Tell me more about this species👍

@geoff1653 Ай бұрын

Was it the MAYOR snake

@NaturallyCuriousUK Ай бұрын

Great you actually caught up with this species at last! 👍🙂👍

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай бұрын

Thanks Mate.

@RocketDog73 Ай 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.

@garyhope3731 Ай бұрын

You mean he’s just moved into number 10?

@robdowsing3361 Ай бұрын

Certainly a snake but not “huge”

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай 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!

@patrickrose1221 Ай бұрын

Stick a bit of corrugated tin down, you'll be surprised. Be careful though! We've got more Adders than people realise 😉👍

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай 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.

@patrickrose1221 Ай бұрын

@@IanPhillipsWildlife Good as gold Ian 😉👍

@patrickrose1221 Ай 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-nb6ev Ай бұрын

Huge? 😆 Reminds me of the knife scene in Crocodile Dundee. 😉

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай 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-nb6ev Ай 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.

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай 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.

@santorini8423 Ай бұрын

There’s 2, Starmer and Khan…..

@terrybull1043 Ай бұрын

It’s rushy trying to get away hiding under a rock

@user-uz3fh8ge2d Ай бұрын

He, must be from the government

@CarlosAlberto-ii1li Ай бұрын

Brit starting a sentence............................................OK

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай бұрын

Classic case of not thinking about what I was going to say before recording!

@CarlosAlberto-ii1li Ай бұрын

@@IanPhillipsWildlife Naa it's totally normal........innit

@samishalimbu6429 6 күн бұрын

No there is no any snake in London I think do

@IanPhillipsWildlife 5 күн бұрын

@@samishalimbu6429 There are two native species of snake found in London and these non natives.

@patrickrose1221 Ай бұрын

Just a slow worm that works out! 😆👍

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай бұрын

@@patrickrose1221 Possibly on steroids? 🤣

@patrickrose1221 Ай бұрын

@@IanPhillipsWildlife been down the bins at the back of the gym again 🙄😆😂👍

@PaulCoxC Ай бұрын

Cool!

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай бұрын

Cheers Paul.

@michaelsnelling3338 Ай бұрын

Bet it was called STARMER. Slippery as well.

@marionjames4986 Ай бұрын

Oops they found Sadiq Khan and his hiding place!😂😂😂

@spiderlegz. Ай бұрын

Huge.....biggest snake I have ever seen.....

@IanPhillipsWildlife Ай 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.