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Originally Posted by Tracey.A  I too have a phobia about adders, which I know is silly. I love looking at the pics of them and even think they are quite beautiful. My fear is that I will step on one and get bitten. I've never seen one in my life, so obviously if I have ever been near one they have moved away. I worry about when they are sluggish and not as quick to move away when they feel the vibrations of my foot steps. My daughter once stepped over an adder in Kinlochleven, luckily for her it was very sluggish!  I think the more I keep reading about adders on this site the better, it might not cure me, but it will go a long way into helping. The more I learn about adders, hopefully the less I'll fear them.
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Tracey, I've been surveying adders for nearly 25 years now and have never trodden on one. Trust me, they move... fast, and it would be a very unusual thing to tread on one. The way I walk through their habitat is very different to normal people as I try to be stealthy, and I can honestly say that it would be an utterly freak accident if you got bitten, even if you ballet danced naked in their main breeding grounds. They always choose flight over fight unless trapped or an attempt is made to pick them up.