S is for sssssssnake

One weekend I was so lazy that I had to persuade myself to go out. A stroke of luck because I found this grass snake directly in a small bush by the wayside, which passes on a lake.
I looked at her, she looked back.
I crept up and the snake was watching me on.
I could take some pictures before she decided to dive into the water.
I've never seen such a large grass snake in the wild. This one was certainly one meter long. I was so pleased and thought about how old it may be already and that you would have to protect these animals a lot better.