While walking my dog one morning I took a different path by the grey mangroves. Normally I avoid this track as it’s overgrown and snakes are active during the summer months. But there was a pull, a whisper that said, go this way! Moreover, my dog pointedly looked in that direction so off we went. ‘Snakes, we’re coming, please stay off the path and out of our way,’ I announced. You might think it slightly weird to talk to snakes, but I prefer that to accidentally stepping on them. It was a...

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