It wasn't fast enough!
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It wasn't fast enough!
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 1 Apr 2009
A slow worm (Anguis fragilis) has been severed in half, probably by a bird. It may have been caught when it was still sluggish after emerging from hibernation. Although slow worms, like other lizards, can shed their tails to escape capture, this one was too severely wounded to survive.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.992494
Longitude
-4.991949