#slowworms

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Death adder? No, this is the deaf adder! Also known as the common slow worm, this reptile is actually a legless lizard! Contrary to their name, they are neither deaf nor particularly slow. However, they're thought to be one of the longest-lived lizards in the world; adults have been recorded reaching up to 54 years old!

(Image: A deaf adder (Anguis fragilis) by David Chas)

[mikhailruinstheinternet]

Doing some research for a book I'm writing led me to learn about Slowworms, so... behold!:

Look at these weirdos! They're actually lizards, not snakes, but they don't have any legs.

The oldest one lived up to 54 years

And they bite each other's heads to mate.

Just so you're aware, these exist....

[bonefall]

I blacked out for tallstar's collapse because I saw "slow worm" and lost my mind, a cat named after one of my favourite lizards! I did reread it afterwards (your plot ideas are SO on point) but yeah thank you for the slow worm mention.

I <3 slowworms and think they are super super cool. The UK has like 6-ish native reptiles and they're all really neat, because it's SO COLD they have to have a bunch of unique adaptations

Adders are still my favorite because they look grumpy and that's delightful, but slowworms are probably a close second. Legless lizards are wild.

I keep trying to settle on a good English prefix to translate Clanmew's word for slowworms into, but hit the issue of every alternative name being... Lovecraft's cat for ableism.

I think I heard a fine French word for it, which I might jot down.

[mixotrophics]

UMMMM wtf..................................very small.

[doodleconstruct]

Venturing out for a dog walk up our local woods with our GSP. You really need to be lucky and look carefully to see a slow worm. I found two today in the same spot that I saw one in last week 😁 #woods #slowworm #rarefind #slowworms #gsp #luckytosee #germanshorthairpointers #pointer #dogwalk #tagafriend #leglesslizard #legless #reptiles #reptile #reptilelover #wildreptiles #wildlife #localwoods #lookwhatifound #inkent #dogwalking #kent #faversham (at Faversham, Kent) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_r763MlmCh/?igshid=11h9frf22jwxu

[whatcanidowiththekids-blog]

On our #easteregghunt this morning we found a beautiful #slowworm which is really exciting as we were worried that they had gone. #slowworms are actually legless lizards not snakes - they are great for the garden and eat up lots of pests (they are particularly fond of slugs) 🐣🙂 https://www.instagram.com/p/B-4bxV5JvcL/?igshid=1li1789z8fuj1

[exetertrees]

Planted a few woodland trees yesterday. Was good fun but got stuck in the mud more than once! The slow worm seemed to enjoy the new view :) #trees #tree #treeplanting #slowworm #slowworms #exeter #devon #exetercitycouncil (at Pinhoe, Devon, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9L3tOMhLMV/?igshid=nutda3vlgw6u

[plot8a]

Wild flowers are looking great, sweetcorn finally ready to pick - there is LOADS!! Plus the family of little slow worms we disturbed while preparing to lay out this wood chip path.