This Tuesday, November 5, a young Montpellier woman came face to face with a snake while she was taking out her trash in the Port-Marianne district.
A little scare for this resident of Port-Marianne. It was around 10:30 a.m. this Tuesday morning when she decided to take out a box to throw it in the trash room at her residence.
“As I opened the door, a snake fell right in front of me, I almost caught it on my head”says the one who then filmed the reptile and went to warn the condominium trustee of its presence in the common areas.
A protected species
If the discovery is surprising, the snake in question is not dangerous according to Dorian Blayac, of SOS Reptiles.
“It is a ladder snake, a completely harmless French snake which is among the protected speciesexplains this specialist. This one is still a baby.”
According to him, coming face to face with snakes is common in the region at this time of year. “With the cooling of temperatures, it will soon be the period of vipers, which are also protected, he specifies. It is forbidden to kill or capture them.”
