felt like watching something serpenty on the tv so i dug out an episode of the BBC series life in cold blood , i chose the one dedicated to snakes and sat back to be entertained and informed , i was not disappointed david attenborough is a genius in my opinion, i liked to think i had a reasonable knowledge of wild life but no matter what the series he presents, he always manages to hit me with something new ether its a animal i have never seen before or perhaps an animal behaving in a way thats new to me.
i truly believe that no body has done more to present snakes in a positive light than david attenbough , i dont doubt that his relaxed informative style together with his sheer enthusiasm for the subject has converted people around the globe from viewing snakes as vile slimy creatures into seeing them as the fascinating and highly interesting animals that they are [ by the way it was in this episode that he first introduced me to the snake that rips of portions of its victim but leaves the main body to rot ] i wonder if you know which snake this is . no cheating now. any way i put forward david attenbough as thamnophis.coms man of the year. are there any other takers