this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
860 points (98.1% liked)
No Lawns
2027 readers
1 users here now
What is No Lawns?
A community devoted to alternatives to monoculture lawns, with an emphasis on native plants and conservation. Rain gardens, xeriscaping, strolling gardens, native plants, and much more! (from official Reddit r/NoLawns)
Have questions or don't know where to begin?
- You can check our website
- Or our Reddit wiki
- Our FAQ
- Resources by Country
- Resources by US State
- Doug Tallamy AMA
Where can you find the official No Lawns socials?
Rules
- Be Civil
- Don't dox yourself
- Stay on Topic
- Don't break instance or Lemmy rules
Related Communities
- NativePlantGardening - Mander
- NativePlantGardening - Sh.itJust.Works
- Composting - SlrPnk
- Nature and Gardening - Beehaw
- Reclamation - SlrPnk
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I worked for a municipal government. Some houses have 'nature reserves' near them, wild areas of mostly indigenous vegetation.
Resident: "This needs to be cleared. Snakes live in there "
Me: "Good. That's the point."
True nature in cities is not only for humans, but also for the animals, bugs and all the little creatures.
Almost every single snakebite in a city is caused by escaped pets. And the majority of snakes are not venemous. If people want to be worried about animals, they should be worried about the untrained and poorly controlled dogs they see every day, not the hypothetical snakes that won't even leave the shrubbery.
I live in Australia.
condolences
Be safe ❤️
Tbf "we live in Australia" is also a great reply to anyone complaining about snakes.
Unless this was in Australia or some place with dangerous snakes, I don't really see why people should be THAT afraid of them, if anything you should be happy they're gonna keep the rats at bay.
looks at username
Oh.
I'm going to let you in on a secret, the snake danger thing might be overblown.
Good thing about humans is that we keep animals in an endangered state wherever we settle.
Aussie snakes might be very venomous, but in general they'll only bite if they're provoked. I live near a nature reserve full of snakes and it's not really an issue for most people. Just leave them alone and they'll leave you alone.
But you might provoke them by mistake as you didn't even see them no? I mean no expert but like accidents happen, it's not just people being dumb and bothering them or similar.
I've lived near the reserve for about 20 years and I haven't heard of anyone being bitten by a snake there (although some dogs have, unfortunately). I think accidents could happen but they'd be pretty rare. The snakes here tend to stick to the long grass and near the creek and I think most people have the sense to not go trampling through the grass during snake season.
It also depends on the snake species. Around here we mainly have Eastern browns, which are venomous but timid. In other places in Australia snakes may be more aggressive and accidents are more likely.
Except for taipans. Fuck taipans
Not as aussie but I found out that we have rattlesnakes in my area by seeing a facebook post of one getting caught 2 blocks from me.
more people get bitten by rattlesnakes during the three days of the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup than during the rest of the year everywhere else in the world – snakes really just want to be left alone
Logically, I know I have nothing to worry about, but my main character syndrome makes me worry about when it will eventually happen.