slow worms. slow worms are legless lizards, not snakes
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Male slow worms are grey brown in colour, females are brown and have dark sides with a line running down their back. Slow worms also differ from snakes in that they have closable eyelids and tails, which drop off if they are trying to escape danger. MaleFemaleTRANSCRIPT
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Slow Worms
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• Slow worms are legless lizards, not snakes
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• Male slow worms are grey brown in colour, females are brown and have dark sides with a line running down their back.
• Slow worms also differ from snakes in that they have closable eyelids and tails, which drop off if they are trying to escape danger.
Male Female
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• These are slow worm eggs
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• Many babies• They can grow up to 50cm
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• Diet is disgusting! • They eat worms, snakes and snails• But don’t bite people
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• Slow worms can often be found in woodlands, pastures, heaths.
• Gardens can often provide suitable places for slow worms as well; compost heaps along with loose soil, rotting vegetation, logs and large flat stones provide ideal homes for them.
• Pieces of tin or plastic, or piles of stones can also provide ideal hiding places.
• Slow worms will burrow and hibernate underground from October to March.
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• I like slow worms because they are not very common• They have nice patterns• They are interesting • And they freak my mum out, and she calls them disgusting