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[PizzaSHARK]

Why not? He is pretty friendly guy, and they're very soft, have you ever stroked a snake?

*snicker*

Auckland isn't in Australia... >_>

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You'll love Auckland then. The weather changes 3x a day!

No, instead it's in the Australian answer to Wales!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipera_berus

It came back with those and water snakes.

Yeah, water moccasins ain't a joke. Nasty bites, and big enough to be a threat to most pets and even children.

[semaphore]

Why not? He is pretty friendly guy, and they're very soft, have you ever stroked a snake?

Ewww no. My only contact with snakes ever (1) this glass jar of wine my grandpa kept under the counter at his restaurant, (2) shed skin in the electricity box thingie (somebody tell me name of this thing? that has all the switches for the electricity in the house), and (3) this snake that grandma killed with an umbrella when we were out walking.

And I'm perfectly happy to keep it to just that!

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I have never seen a real snake. Do they live all over Sweden? D:
Even here?

Scandinavia has this:

[obdigore]

Ewww no. My only contact with snakes ever (1) this glass jar of wine my grandpa kept under the counter at his restaurant, (2) shed skin in the electricity box thingie (somebody tell me name of this thing? that has all the switches for the electricity in the house), and (3) this snake that grandma killed with an umbrella when we were out walking.

And I'm perfectly happy to keep it to just that!

It is a fuse box.

[PizzaSHARK]

And I'm perfectly happy to keep it to just that!

Pfft, yeah right.

[semaphore]

Hot Water Beach is awesome and just a couple hour drive from Auckland, and you are just like 6 hours from Skiing on their volcano.

Isn't that in some random small town in the middle of nowhere though? My impression of New Zealand has always been that there's only one city: Auckland.

[Deleted]

I have never seen a real snake. Do they live all over Sweden? D:
Even here?

Haha! Didn't you live near Tiveden?

Snakes be everywhere, especially when it's warm in summers and you walk in places with lots of rock, you can spot them lying on the rocks warming themselves up in the sun!

[PizzaSHARK]

I really really really want to pet that, but I assume they're pretty bite-y?

I'm not familiar enough with snakes to know for sure, but its head looks like the copperheads and cottonmouths where I grew up, so it might be a viper. If it is, yes, very bitey.

[Xanjori]

People have huge misconceptions as to how a snake feels, its shockingly soft. I highly recommend actually petting one and getting a surprise.

And Everything Nice I'd stick to stroking non-poisonous snakes, if you come via Karlstad you can pet ours.

[obdigore]

Isn't that in some random small town in the middle of nowhere though? My impression of New Zealand has always been that there's only one city: Auckland.

heh. That isn't their capital, but yea Auckland is the only really large city, although Wellington certainly had some commercial stuff. Te Papa is amazing.

And yes, hot water beach is 'in the middle of nowhere' but there is a town around it with food places and places to sleep.

[semaphore]

It is a fuse box.

Oooh yes!

For someone who was 1/3 of the way through an Electrical Engineering degree, I feel ashamed to not know that =/

[PizzaSHARK]

Isn't that in some random small town in the middle of nowhere though? My impression of New Zealand has always been that there's only one city: Auckland.

What's wrong with small towns? ;_;

[Deleted]

I'm not familiar enough with snakes to know for sure, but its head looks like the copperheads and cottonmouths where I grew up, so it might be a viper. If it is, yes, very bitey.

Viper be "Huggorm"(As it's called in Swedish )!

Not particularly dangerous to an adult but could be to small kids and smaller animals.

Also, that picture is a "snok".

[obdigore]

It be a "Huggorm"(As it's called in Swedish )!

Not particularly dangerous to an adult but could be to small kids and smaller animals.

Clearly you are supposed to hug it!

[semaphore]

Pfft, yeah right.

Honest! You try drinking snake wine

[PizzaSHARK]

Haha! Didn't you live near Tiveden?

Snakes be everywhere, especially when it's warm in summers and you walk in places with lots of rock, you can spot them lying on the rocks warming themselves up in the sun!

Yeah, it's a great way to get bit. If you go hiking in warmer months out here, it's very important to be wearing a good pair of boots and jeans in case you startle a snake that was sunning itself. Getting bit by a copperhead isn't fun.

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Honest! You try drinking snake wine

Well that one just went right over your head, didn't it? :/

[semaphore]

What's wrong with small towns? ;_;

I like to be near civilisation!

[obdigore]

I like to be near civilisation!

Perhaps you mean civilization?

[semaphore]

Well that one just went right over your head, didn't it? :/

My blood sugar is running low. Explain? =/

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Perhaps you mean civilization?

Nope that's clearly not a word! Also your beloved New Zealand uses Real English too!

[Xanjori]

Perhaps you mean civilization?

No, thats a PC game.

[ghostkitteh]

There's a bridge underwater that leads to the ancient city of Alcytop.

If you go there, you'll learn the answer to everything, but you have to get past the 13 guardians first.