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David R

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slow worm - edited at last
« on: May 03, 2006, 19:30:05 »
almost put a spade through this fellow!

piccy below! (had to remove it as it was Huuuuuuuge)
« Last Edit: May 05, 2006, 16:23:26 by David R »
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2006, 09:38:07 »
Excellent photo. Beautiful creatures aren't they? I had one in my wheelbarrow the other week, think it had been sleeping under some old rubbish and accidentally got picked up when I was having a clear out. My two daughters were fascinated by it and wanted to keep it as a pet (no I didn't let them).

Cheers,
Rob ;)
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2006, 14:00:43 »


i've resized your pic hope you don't mind
i've never seen one before
thanks for posting :)
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2006, 18:42:51 »
Oh that brings back memories. As kids we used to have a paving slab by the swimming pool and it was our party piece to lift it up and show our friends the slow worms underneath, usually about 5 or 6. I loved picking them up but our friends wouldn't touch them ;D We got quite a reputation in school for handling 'dangerous snakes' ( we petended the were ;D)
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2006, 18:51:26 »
yes sorry, did'nt realise how big the photo would appear - bit of a technodunce

was at home digging a new vegtable bed (not at the lotty for once) when this gorgeous thing dropped out of a clump of grass that i had literally used the spade to pull up. Thought it was a very big worm at first then the realisation came home what it was i was thrilled; picked it up and came rushing up to the house yelling at my wife to get the camera!!! she was not so enamoured but i eventually coerced her to give it a stroke ;D

I put it back after holding it for a few minutes and off it went

I am still chuffed to bits to know they are there, not bad for 15 miles from the centre of London  :o

Only moved in in Feb, and so far seen loads of frogs, woodpeckers, jays, the resident fox, squirrels, wrens, tits and other songbirds - quite lucky really
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2006, 09:26:06 »
David - if you DELETE your first photo, the rest will be readable. At the moment it's a pain!
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2006, 10:12:31 »
it's some kind of snake, right? i have never seen them before...

PS: i agree with tim, please delete the first image - you are breaking the board ;)
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2006, 12:43:55 »
oops sorry - cant delete the 1st in the topic :-[

hopefully Dans watching.....
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2006, 13:03:22 »
Quote from: Svea on May 05, 2006, 10:12:31
it's some kind of snake, right? i have never seen them before...

PS: i agree with tim, please delete the first image - you are breaking the board ;)

Its not a snake, its a leg-less lizard,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_worm
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2006, 13:27:55 »
Quote from: David R on May 05, 2006, 12:43:55
oops sorry - cant delete the 1st in the topic :-[

hopefully Dans watching.....
Edit your post and just delete the image with some pointer to it appearing below.

Fantastic picture by the way of a creature that has alluded me so far - the adder that bit me didn't though ;D
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Re: slow worm
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2006, 13:30:37 »
David - you can, actually - by going to the 'delete' thingy which I can't look up at the moment - but, meanwhile, you can go to 'modify' - 'additional options' - uncheck your photo & voila!!
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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2006, 16:24:04 »
Thanks Tim! ;)
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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2006, 17:12:42 »
How about that, then!!
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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2006, 21:24:22 »
That's a young one; the adults are darker brown. They're legless lizards with the common lizard habit of shedding their tails. It's easy to tell if you look at their bellies; snakes have large scales which go right across the belly, while these have the same small scales as on their backs.
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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2006, 08:31:07 »
sorry, beautiful as he might be i'd have screamed and run.  i only got a glimpse of the photo as i scrolled past it double quick.

i'm just about getting used to little worms.  think it's going to take me some time to progress onto legless lizards.

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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2006, 08:41:33 »
Aren't they gorgeous!  We get them regularly on our site and the kids love them.  So shiny and silky!  We also get grass snakes and adders - have now seen both, along with newts and lizards.  I am always astounded when I come across things like this, you know, you take things for granted and forget about the critters that live out there in the wilds.  Great photo!  Fabulous.
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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2006, 12:02:36 »
Rather like the look of tht fella :) I have never seen one. Cracking photo.
Lorna
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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2006, 18:03:13 »
ok, here's another photo
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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2006, 18:22:43 »
Let ME have a look Dad!! :)
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Re: slow worm - edited at last
« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2006, 20:24:21 »
If I had one I'd make a nest for it in my pocket. :D  It's beautiful (as is the other little creature you've got there) ;D
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