They identified the 5ft (2m) serpent as a nonvenomous rat snake and grabbed its tail as it tried to flee. The snake threatened to bite, but the reptile handlers pulled it onto the ground and ...

The Aesculapian snake can grow up to 6ft (1.8m) but the largest spotted here has been about 4ft 11in (1.5m). The rat-eating reptiles are near Mochdre, Conwy county. They are yet to cross the A55 ...