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You know where it is NOT fun to find a snake? At the head of your air mattress when you are camping. Fairly certain it slept with us at least one night if not more. It was cozy as could be! Gave me the heebee jeebees though! Good thing we were packing up to head home anyway when we found it.

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Geez Louise! I would have a hard time falling asleep after that!

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Oh no, I'm so glad Toby is okay.

I'm grateful there are no venomous snakes in New Zealand. Actually, there are no snakes at all, but I'm ambivalent about that point. I'd be delighted if we had native, non-venomous snakes, but I'd be upset if non-native snakes established here.

Thanks for another cool article.

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It does make a difference in how you approach the outdoors when there are venomous snakes - I went on a hike 2 days ago through overgrown forest and it was a little nerve wracking when you can’t see your feet through the brush. Not having to worry about snakes could be nice!

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Fascinating!

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