Adder (Viper berus)
Early this
morning when Susannah went running with Arthur she found an adder on the track.
It was small and probably dead.
Adders are venomous but there are very few reports of adder bites since these snakes are shy and rarely seen. Like all snakes, they are cold-blooded and have to bask in the sun to increase their body temperature and speed up their metabolism.
Here is a joke from my childhood:
‘Why couldn’t the viper viper her
nose?
Because the adder adder handkerchief.’
Susannah has just returned from walking Roxy and Gilbert. She didn’t find any more adders.
