Slow worm in the compost.

This is a slow worm I discovered in my neighbour's compost, after I pulled away the plastic sheeting. The video is a bit shaky and the slow worm is lying very still hoping I won't notice it. Maybe that is why its common name is slow worm. The slow worm (Anguis fragilis),  is a leg-less lizard and not a snake at all. It is a only 40 - 45cm long with a shiny grey/brown appearance.
Unlike snakes, and like lizards,  they can shed their tails and blink with their eyelids. I don't have any in my garden - perhaps because they can smell my cats. And cats will kill them if they can.

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