If you go down in the woods today..watch out..

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:04 am

This time of the year it is berry and mushroom picking season.

It is also the time when this guy and his family are looking for a meal before Winter sleep.
The main danger is to Fido ...Best keep him on his lead.
I took this photo close to a popular spot in Espoo.
There are warning signs on the notice board stating that dogs must be kept on lead.
No dog owners seem to be able to read them though.

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whoami · Post by **whoami** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:38 am

you were not scared to take that picture ?

Tiwaz · Post by **Tiwaz** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:47 am

Well, to healthy adult they are not overly dangerous. Specially if you wear suitable footwear.

But to child, pet, unhealthy or anyone out in the sticks without any help available they can be lethal.

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:56 am

whoami wrote:you were not scared to take that picture ?

Not with a telephoto lens..It seemed to like having it's photo taken..

salmari.hölmö · Post by **salmari.hölmö** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:58 am

OMG THOSE THINGS EXIST IN FINLAND TOOOO?!!!

AAAAAAAAA

I thought there wasnt snakes in finland! =(

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:17 am

salmari.hölmö wrote:OMG THOSE THINGS EXIST IN FINLAND TOOOO?!!! AAAAAAAAA I thought there wasnt snakes in finland! =(

St. Patrick was refused a visa back then...

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:26 am

Well at least only a couple of them are of the poisonous variety.. Otherwise its purely for Shock and Awe purposes!! and painful value!!

otyikondo · Post by **otyikondo** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:29 am

sammy wrote:
salmari.hölmö wrote:OMG THOSE THINGS EXIST IN FINLAND TOOOO?!!! AAAAAAAAA I thought there wasnt snakes in finland! =(
St. Patrick was refused a visa back then...

Wasn't he one of our great leaderene Eila Kännö's first big successes?

This is fun (derails the thread something rotten, but I wonder who DeTant Blomhat is...)

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:54 am

otyikondo wrote:
sammy wrote:St. Patrick was refused a visa back then...
Wasn't he one of our great leaderene Eila Kännö's first big successes?

Could be. Apparently English-speaking jobs for saints were scarce in Finland at the time, and he didn't have enough squirrel skins to cover his stay in Finland.

"DeTant Blomhat"

SH, yes there are a few different snake varieties here. Only the adder ("kyy" in Finnish) is poisonous. You'll find it featuring in Finnish art as well, for example in this famous fresco and this feature from the Tampere Cathedral.

The other snake we have is "rantakäärme" - judging by its Latin name, in English it is "European Grass Snake". The name should be updated to European Union Grass snake maybe?

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:06 pm

Another photo of the same guy..

I can assure you that it is not my hand top left just a leaf.

As well as grass snake there is also slow worms..sort of legless lizard..
Not sure of it's Finnish name.
http://www.west-highland-way.co.uk/rept ... =14&id=646

Opps lost the photo link edit puts it back

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:07 pm

sinikettu wrote:Another photo of the same guy..

I can assure you that it is not my hand top left just a leaf.

As well as grass snake there is also slow worms..sort of legless lizard..
Not sure of it's Finnish name.
http://www.west-highland-way.co.uk/rept ... =14&id=646

I think it's vaskitsa.

ad · Post by ad » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:38 pm

That's not a snake...

Now this is a snake. Australian Taipan.

And, it turns out the evidence left by the "bear" in Ahvenisto in Hämeenlinna was left by a horse with a stomach problem...

Kupcake · Post by **Kupcake** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:51 pm

ad wrote:That's not a snake...

ad wrote:Now this is a snake. Australian Taipan.

Agreed.

Cloudberry · Post by **Cloudberry** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:33 am

ad wrote:That's not a snake...

Now this is a snake. Australian Taipan.

I was thinking the same thing

jas_rho · Post by **jas_rho** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:27 am

I go jogging a lot in the forests in and around Kirkkonummi and have seen a bunch of snakes there all summer and now this fall it seems there are even more out. Most of them are pretty small though. Only once have I seen one as big as the one in this post.

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