Anyhow, I like how the background ended up in this, & it's a lot better than the others

* I think it's a hover fly. It was hovering. And flying.

@eclectech

#gardening #bloomScrolling

I *had* heard of slow worms, but assumed they were 1. slow and 2. more wormy, so I thought I'd seen a snake BUT we only have adders in Scotland, and it didn't look like one of them.

It was a pleasing rabbit hole.

Going down a rabbit hole now to understand the differences between a snake and a lizard because clearly it’s not just appearances.

Both are reptiles, both “belong to the order of Squamata” (which sounds like a secret club), both have scales, both pick up scents by flicking their tongue, but the way they eat is very different.

“Snakes have teeth optimized for swallowing since they eat their prey whole. They have four different types of fangs.”
Lizards mainly feed on insects.

Another difference is that snakes don’t have eyelids or ear holes.
“Legless lizards and other lizard species are able to blink and have eyelids. Lizards also have ear holes to hear”

I learned something new today. Thank you!

Just a moment...

(a-z-animals.com)