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Its the time of the year where cold blooded animals get easier to catch!

This was found in a forest of northern Denmark. Here they call them steel worms.The common name is Slow worm and the Latin name is Anguis fragilis. It is not a worm though and although it looks like a snake, it is a legless lizard. This is one of the largest ones that I have ever found!

The bonus clip is a larvae of the Calliteara pudibunda moth, also known as the pale tussock

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

neat, this one is gigantic.

i havent seen one since i was a kid.
we call em Blindschleiche (blind sneaker) over here.

[–] JohnOliver@feddit.dk 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting! It seems like it has attracted misleading names across multiple languages!

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

a misleading name for a misleading animal 😂