Another one ticked off the TZ-UK list: Slow Worm

[Velorum]

Lets see how the list is going,

Buy an MX5 - tick
Have an argument on SC - tick
Be the subject of a personal attack by a multiple ID forum troll - tick
Own a Speedmaster - tick
10K posts - tick
Buy a Rolex - tick

Cant be many missing off the list now

Hang on, whats that on the front lawn? No, it can'y be...hang on its is!



Slow worm - tick

It was the first lawn cut since we moved in today. Been desperate to get it done for weeks but it has been so wet here there hasn't been an opportunity until today. I guess its the dampness that's the reason for all of the toads in the garden and this forum favourite.

The one in the photo was one of a pair that were quite close together - sadly I ran over the first with the flymo before I realised they were there and it is now pushing up the daisies. The blade hit its head so the end must have been instantaneous - poor thing. Interestingly it tail had detached and was wriggling about like crazy. I relocated the untouched animal to the side of the garden out of harms way.

[beechcustom]

At the risk of going way off topic, I'd love to know what Rolex you bought. My guess is a 36mm Explorer?

PS. RIP Slow worm #1 :-(

[Wallasey Runner]

That's not a slow worm, it's a snake.

Run...

[Velorum]

At the risk of going way off topic, I'd love to know what Rolex you bought. My guess is a 36mm Explorer?

PS. RIP Slow worm #1 :-(

Yes, bought it 2017 I think from Watchfinder. Sold it back to them 6 months later.

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[redmonaco]

Looks like a grass snake to me...

[Velorum]

Looks like a grass snake to me...

I don't think that grass snakes can shed their tails

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[alfat33]

...sadly I ran over the first with the flymo before I realised they were there and it is now pushing up the daisies.

It was a Too Slow Worm - an understandably rare species.

[learningtofly]

It was a Too Slow Worm - an understandably rare species.

[TheFlyingBanana]

I don't think that grass snakes can shed their tails

I bet they can if they are run over by a flymo...

[Hooshabak]

Used to love catching slow worms which are remarkably fast when I was a youngster

[vortgern]

It was a Too Slow Worm - an understandably rare species.

That deserves another

[AlphaOmega]

Alfa, like your work. I'll be looking for an excuse to use that joke.

[learningtofly]

Alfa, like your work. I'll be looking for an excuse to use that joke.

That might be easier said than done

[AlphaOmega]

Sometimes, I've had to wait many years for the perfect opportunity.

And when that doesn't happen, I crowbar it into a conversation about something else.

I do have standards. They just aren't very high.

[Kirk280]

First we had a kitten strangler. Now we have a slow worm slasher. Is nothing safe?