Plants and animals

Here I am in Hong Kong, where pythons are native and fairly common, yet the only wild one I've seen was only around three feet long (though was just by my place).

Back 'ome in Scarborough area, I maybe saw slow worm (not really a snake) once or twice near the town, and occasional adders on the Moors.
And yet - start X-Files music - here's a real quirky story from April this year: