The female adder from this post on adder courtship from April has been sunning itself all summer at the same place by a local forestry track. I have been checking up on it most days and today it was ready to give birth to five tiny little snakes. They all seemed ready to shed their skin for the first time within minutes of being born.
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| New born adder - Vipera berus |
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| New born adder - Vipera berus |
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| New born adder - Vipera berus |
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| New born adder - Vipera berus |
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| New born adder - Vipera berus |
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| The mother snake - looking a little bent out of shape, but recovering. |
