Her Majesty’s Prison The Verne in southwestern England is experiencing an invasion of unwelcome visitors. Snakes, not just any snake, they are Britains only poisonous snake, the adder.
According to local newspaper reports, the snakes are scaling the walls to soak up some of the recent sun.
The 600 inmates have been warned to be on alert as the snakes “are falling from the ramparts into the prison.”
One inmate was bitten and taken to hospital for emergency treatment but it was not life threatening. He told guards he had thought the small animal approaching him was a worm, but realized too late it was a baby adder with its mother not far behind.
Adder bites are not usually fatal for healthy adults but do require immediate, painful treatment.
One prison insider joked
There’s enough snakes in here without them falling from the walls
[image; news.com.au]
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