Thought I’d reblog this for the Friday Flashback challenge. It was written June 3rd 2014, was my only post for that day and didn’t see much traffic.
We haven’t taken Maya to the woods yet, not just because of snakes, but she’s too young and would be yanking us everywhere to explore which would lead to tension and so not a pleasant outing for her…………. yet. Once we have recall under our belt, it’s one of the first places to visit.
At first, we thought it was just a curvy piece of wood on the path, but once we got closer we could see it was a slow worm.
This was our first sighting this year. With the recent damp weather, these reptiles are coming out to bathe and soak up the sun.
Slow worms and sand lizards have never been a problem for me, and I once picked a slow worm up off the floor in a biology class before someone kicked it, and got told off by the teacher.
Unfortunately, slow worms aren’t the only snakes to bask in the sunshine, though I believe they are actually legless lizards rather than snakes.
Although we haven’t seen any ourselves yet, there have been more frequent sightings of adders this year, and that is bad news for all dog owners.
Sadly a woman’s dog was bitten last year but she failed…
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I’ve never heard of slow worms before. I had to Google it to find out that slow worms are neither worms nor snakes, although they look like snakes. They are “legless” reptiles. Interesting.
Slow worms are legless lizards. My sister and I had them as pets when we were kids, together with sand lizards, which we’d brought back from the local heathland. My grandfather converted an old bird cage to an enclosure for them with the hinged doors facing up.
Loved the reblog about all the wonderful dogs in your life. I love caecilians which are amphibians…
Thought I’d do something a little different for yesterday’s Today is…………. The slow worms were fun as a kid.