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Like many temperate areas, Great Britain has few snake species: the European adder is the only venomous snake to be found there. The other notable snakes found in Great Britain are the barred grass snake and the smooth snake. Great Britain has three native species of lizard: slowworms, sand lizards and viviparous lizards.
Domestic animals and livestock are frequent victims. In Great Britain, most instances occur in March–October. In Sweden, there are about 1,300 bites a year, with an estimated 12% that require hospitalisation. [3] [page needed] At least eight different antivenoms are available against bites from this species. [34]
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England's fauna is mainly made up of small animals and is notable for having few large mammals, but in similarity with other island nations; many bird species. England for the most part has an oceanic climate , which lacks extremes of heat or cold and provides plentiful rainfall making the country a rather 'green' environment and providing much ...
Fatal dog attacks in the United Kingdom are usually measured in single figures per year. An increasing number of serious dog attacks (both fatal and non-fatal) was the catalyst for the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, [1] [2] which ultimately led to four breeds being banned: Pitbull, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brasileiro. [3]
Bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. Common pipistrelle bat, Britain's most common species. Family: Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats) Lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros LC [32]
Even the tiniest pet dogs can trace their ancestry back to wolves and, even though they are domesticated, dogs still have some of their wild animal traits. Dogs bite around 4 million people each ...
By around 20,000 BP the climate was so cold, with much of Britain under ice and the rest a polar desert, so that little life could survive, and the glacial fauna also went extinct. The climate began to warm again around 11,700 BP, entering the present climatic period known as the Holocene. Animals repopulated Britain and Ireland.