Little Slow Worm in SE London who nearly got stood on, needed to move him out of the road



by heresyourhardware

22 comments

  1. I remember catching those with my cousin in the train embankment behind her house. (Never hurt them).

  3. You’re fine to pick them up to move them – they’re completely harmless.

  5. Thank you for saving this little creature! People think they are snakes, and too often have a sense of revulsion. People are losing touch with Mother Nature.

  6. Just me that thought it was a lot bigger until the hand came in?

  8. I genuinely did not even know this is an animal we have here in the UK. Wow. You really do learn something new every day. Never seen something like this in my life.

  9. Very rare (and endangered). Haven’t seen one for 7 years, beautiful things.

  10. I remember learning about worms. Apparently, a lot of people used to think that if you cut a worm in half then you get two worms, but no. However, if you cut it slightly nearer the neck, it might be sort of alright.

  11. That’s a fooken Goauld! Hope your friends will be watching out for telltale signs of infection, like glowing eyes, sudden megalomania and an insatiable urge to conquer the street/borough/city/country/planet/galaxy!

  14. Very unusual to find them out in the open. They’re ectothermic, meaning they can’t generate their own body heat and so rely on areas of trapped heat( like under corrugated iron sheets for example) to keep them warm.

  15. How lucky! I was thinking last year about how long it had been since I saw one and then spotted one in the garden. My boyfriend saw one too and we found one together only last month which makes me hopeful they’re doing better in some places.

  16. I’ve never seen one, but I’ve seen a few adders. One farkin’ huge one on a golf course in Dorset. 3-4 feet long at a guess.

  17. You’re very kind! Thank you for saving the little guy

  18. This is how I learn that they’re called slow worm in English! How cute! I love them, we had so many at my grandparents’ place and they’re absolutely adorable. And super beneficial for your garden too, they kill snails!

  19. One slithered over my foot in the grounds of Battle Abbey in 2020. Was unexpected to say the least but was fab to see one.

  20. We had some living in a rockery in our garden. Magpies would swoop down, pick them up, and then proceed to drown them in the guttering of a neighbouring house before eating them. Suffice to say, we no longer appear to have any residing in the rockery in our garden.

  22. Forest Hill, by any chance? I was lucky enough to see one there near the bridge.

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