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Slow Worm
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Hello Everyone, today is Midsummer so for all you Swede's out there, "Glad Midsommar" well anyway here a posting of a slow worm that was taken, picked up by the local boys from Aspen area. The worm was in a local compost box that anyone can use. The children today decided to look for Snakes/worms you name it. They managed to find 3 slow worms. 2 females and 1 male. I promised them I would post it on Trek Nature for them today and here it is.
Some details from a Slow worm site about the slow worms:
The slow-worm is somewhat enigmatic. Although it is a true lizard, the slow-worm has no legs and is commonly mistaken for a snake. This species is very secretive and is not often seen.
Slow-worms prey on small slugs, earthworms and soft bodied invertebrates. They live beneath rubbish, compost, scrap metal and other suitable debris. Most slow-worms are found by turning over such debris and are rarely seen in the open.
Slow-worms exhibit the widest habitat preference of Britain's reptiles. However, there have been only four records in the Cheshire region since 1995. It is possible that more sites will be discovered as the profile of the slow-worm is raised. Slow-worms were known to occur everywhere in the UK during the 1950's and, although very few records exist, this may be due to the animal's then ubiquitous occurrence. Allotment sites are one of the slow-worms major strongholds in the Cheshire region.
Slow-worms are protected under schedule 5, Section 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, against intentional injury or killing. Trade in slow-worms is also prohibited.
I Guess this rule above only applies to the UK. I am sure they have something in place here in Sweden but I can not find the info.
Well Take cafe and enjoy the Swedish Midsummer. |
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Hi Demetrio,
A great shot. Beautiful detail and exposure, nicely framed. Not sure about the hand but given the circumstances pretty unavoidable :-) Nice shot and a great note, good post and hopefully the kids who found it will see it too.
Cheers,
Adrian
Great picture and you helped me al lot with telling about this slow-worm because I found a dead one last week in belgium and I did not know what it whas untill now, it looked al lot like this one
TFS !!
Greez Kristies
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