Using a few instead of few in a sentence changes a sentence's meaning. Whereas "a few" implies a small number of some that is greater than two, "few" implies only a small number.
So I made no mistake.
Using a few instead of few in a sentence changes a sentence's meaning. Whereas "a few" implies a small number of some that is greater than two, "few" implies only a small number.
Michal Szkudlarek wrote:@upUsing a few instead of few in a sentence changes a sentence's meaning. Whereas "a few" implies a small number of some that is greater than two, "few" implies only a small number.
So I made no mistake.
Mario Schweiger wrote:nice observations, but there are no L. viridis on Peloponnes. L. trilineata may have blue throats and flanks.
Ruggero Morimando wrote:Grecians hate snakes/reptiles even more than italians: this on my personal experience...
That said, I would like to see the habitat where the situla was found, and especially the "fiat wheel trim" under which it was found...
This simply because internet is full of images of snakes, and the difference between a simple picture of a situla from an interesting report is just given by the tale, the picture of the habitats and, possibly, the picture of the exact place where the reptile was found...
Anyway thanks for your good report (I've been in the same places too -Peloponnese- but many years ago... )
Ruggero Morimando wrote:Thanks Niels and thanks Bero!
Second question: the situla.
I spent many springs in Greece, and searched always the situla, which is one of my favourite snakes. And sometimes I found situla presence (normally already killed specimens) in places where I otherwise would have not spent any time in search of this snake: surroundings of camping places, olive orchards, near villages or hotels, on roads in very dry and bare areas, and so on...
We must say that this findings are not so "objective" in indicating a species presence/density, because is it simply easier for a situla (or another snake) to be found and killed near a road, a village, a hotel or a camping place, than inside a wild mediterranean macchia.
Anyway: from those times on, I always look around villages, hotels, houses and garbage piles...
You write on the left of the picture there is an olive orchard: and what kind of wood is the one on the right of you? Wild and high mediterranean macchia? If so: it's the typical situla habitat...
Paul Lambourne wrote:Do you know I am so old I remember this forum when it used to be about people posting their field observations from various European trips accompanied by valuable observations and comments from peers... now it seems to be a forum for "one-upmanship", criticism and grammar correction..
No wonder all the cool kids use facebook now...
Paul
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:Thanks for the report, Nils! We can never get enough of those. I just got back from the Peloponnese myself and it is close to heaven, indeed. I will post some stuff soon!
Well, yes, you systematically misspelled the name op the peninsula and Bero let you get away with it, the good soul. But, as I wrote before, who cares? I still think the off topic stuff is way too lengthy and is bad for the forum (cf. what Paul and Mario tried to hint). I am a terribly annoying language nitpicker myself, but this is not the place. I still love this forum, but for me personally having to sort through so much non-herping content makes posting less attractive. I would be very pleased if the few who are keen on linguistic discussion etc. would entertain themselves elsewhere, but I am not going waste any more time trying to debate Bero, or he'll throw his drama act of near-excile (which is untrue btw) at all of us for the x-th time so we can all feel sorry for the life of agony I supposedly cursed him to.
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