Aesculapian Snake Invasion Warning

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Aesculapian snakes

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Urgent warning to Britons as 6.5ft-long SNAKES invade the UK

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Scientists say Europe 's biggest snake, the Aesculapian snake, has established a healthy population in parts of North Wales after two 'accidental' introductions.

Scientists say the snakes' 'trump card' for surviving the UK 's colder climate is to warm up inside our attics and walls.

Thankfully, the snakes are non-venomous and mainly feed on rodents like rats and mice.

The number of Aesculapian snakes has fallen sharply in France , with climate change being a likely cause.

Professor Wüster says he would either like to see the UK 's two populations of snakes given the same protections as native species or simply be left alone.

He says it would be both a tragedy and a travesty if we eradicated a harmless species that is thriving in only a couple of places in the UK .

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