{"id":262509,"date":"2024-10-16T16:54:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/invasive-snake-is-surviving-in-britain-by-living-in-attics-and-walls\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:50","slug":"invasive-snake-is-surviving-in-britain-by-living-in-attics-and-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/invasive-snake-is-surviving-in-britain-by-living-in-attics-and-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive snake is surviving in Britain by living in attics and walls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2-metre-long Aesculapian snake is native to warmer parts of Europe<\/p>\n

Szymon Bartosz\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Britain has only three native snakes<\/a> but a fourth species, the 2-metre-long Aesculapian snake, is breeding in the wild in at least three places \u2013 by exploiting the warmth of buildings and compost heaps.<\/p>\n

Tom Major<\/a> at Bournemouth University in the UK and his colleagues have been tracking these newcomers to understand how they are surviving in this non-native habitat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of buildings for shelter and vegetation piles for egg laying appear to be\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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