
being by a beach on a lake in Provence. A little French girl comes up to her mother with a snake in a bucket. Said mother screams like merry hell. I casually walked up (being about 12 at the time) and said 'Non, non, c'est pas une viper. Ce n'est pas dangereuse.' It was a viperine snake, a little baby one. Looks like an adder but isn't.
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Sun 12 Mar 2006, 11:45,
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