In the Ardennes, this Belgian had the bad surprise of crossing the road of a snake near a river.
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With the coronavirus pandemic, many Belgians have chosen to go on vacation within our flat country. In the Ardennes in particular. A few days ago, Martine, had a bad meeting there. Near a river in Poupehan, she crossed paths with a snake and filmed its discovery. “This is the second snake that I meet over a week,” she wrote to our colleagues at RTL Info. What to worry about the tourists who would walk in the surroundings.
But the species crossed by Martine would not represent any danger. According to Eric Graitson, who follows reptile populations in Wallonia, it is a grass snake, the most common snake species in Belgium. “I should rather say the least rare”, he adds to the microphone of RTL. In Belgium, you may, on rare occasions, encounter three species of snakes. The grass snake can reach 1 meter 20 and can be recognized by the clear collar bordered in black on its neck. “It’s common to find them near rivers because they eat frogs and small fish.”
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