\n Grass Snakes are recognisable by their\u00a0“olive green” skin colour and “large eyes with\u00a0round pupils”.\n<\/p>\n
\n Grass Snakes are the UK’s longest native species, but are not dangerous to humans. (Image: Getty Images\/iStockphoto)\n<\/p>\n
Are Grass Snakes dangerous?<\/p>\n
\n Grass Snakes are not dangerous to humans, with their bite being described as “painless” by BBC Countryfile.\n<\/p>\n
\n The wildlife experts explain: “Grass snakes have small teeth and there are few records of them ever biting humans.”\n<\/p>\n
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Where to find Grass Snakes in the UK<\/p>\n
\n Grass Snakes\u00a0are commonly found across most\u00a0of mainland England and Wales, with a small number situated in southwest Scotland.\n<\/p>\n
\n BBC Countryfile added: “The grass snake prefers wetlands where it hunts\u00a0frogs, newts, fish and small mammals, sometimes swimming underwater to catch its prey.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is the UK\u2019s most common and adaptable snake and is often found in gardens, particularly\u00a0compost heaps.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Have you ever come across a grass snake in the UK? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are three snake species native to the UK. The Adder is the only venomous species, the Grass…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-603522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}