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Slowworms

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Slowworms are special reptiles that look like snakes but are actually lizards! They have smooth, shiny skin and love to hide under rocks and leaves in gardens and grasslands.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Slowworm is a legless lizard with a long, cylindrical body and a small head. It has smooth, glossy scales and often appears metallic brown, grey, or bronze, sometimes with a dark stripe along its back or flanks. Unlike snakes, it possesses eyelids and visible ear openings.

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Slowworms
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Slowworms

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Did you know the Slowworm is actually a lizard, not a snake, even though it has no legs?

Instead of laying eggs, baby Slowworms hatch inside their mother and are born alive!

Slowworms can live longer than many pets, with some reaching over 50 years old in zoos!

They use their long, forked tongues to "smell" their surroundings and find tasty snacks!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Tail Escape

Slowworms can shed their tail when threatened because it wriggles, distracting predators while they escape.

Fähigkeit

Blinking Eyes

Slowworms have eyelids, allowing them to blink and close their eyes, unlike most snakes.

Fähigkeit

Live Birth

Slowworms give birth to live, fully formed young because the eggs develop inside the mother, providing protection.

Maße und Details

Länge
30-50 cm
Gewicht
0.02-0.15 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-30 Jahre
Top Speed
0.8 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-20
Brutzeit
60-90 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Slowworms are hungry helpers who love to munch on slugs, snails, and insects!

Hauptnahrung

  • Slugs
  • Snails
  • Earthworms
  • Spiders
  • Woodlice
  • Small insects

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

A common predator that hunts Slowworms.

eaten by

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Birds of prey sometimes snatch Slowworms.

hunts

Black Slug

Arion ater

Slowworms are excellent hunters of garden slugs.

hunts

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

Earthworms are a favourite snack for Slowworms.

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Auch bekannt als

Blindworm

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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If you see a slowworm, just watch it from a distance and don't try to touch it.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Slowworms?

30-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Slowworms?

0.02-0.15 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Slowworms?

10-30 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Slowworms?

0.8 km/h

Was frisst Slowworms?

Slowworms are hungry helpers who love to munch on slugs, snails, and insects!

Wo findet man Slowworms normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Slowworms?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Slowworms?

3-20

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