Snake Encounters – Native Species
It’s a shame that the school curriculum doesn’t really include our native species of wildlife. When I was a young girl I used to walk free with my Brother and our Eye-Spy books to see what wildlife we could get a glimpse of, it’s sad that children now mainly get their information from TV or the internet and really know nothing about the real world outside.
The problem is seen as peodophiles when actually the biggest danger which is sadly ignored are motor cars, the love affair with the motor car has ruined not only childrens’ freedom to roam but ruined great swathes of land and endangered our native wildlife.
Many people not just children have lost interest in nature, when I run Live Snake – Science presentations I like to have time to talk, also about our native species, 40 mins is about the most time I can be given to impart as much information as possible on snakes as well as allowing the children some touch and handle time and often I cannot fit the native species info into the presentation.
Here is a link to an RSPCA blog about our native species of snakes and slow worms.
http://blogs.rspca.org.uk/insights/2013/07/26/seen-any-snakes-this-summer/#.U7Wn6pRdWtM