{"id":730,"date":"2026-09-05T16:43:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/?p=730"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:43:54","slug":"the-friendly-male-slow-worm-whom-i-share-territory-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/?p=730","title":{"rendered":"The friendly male slow worm whom I share territory with"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blindworm Boy Anguis Fragilis\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BAkMY4wDJjU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Composition: 10% scary, 10% icky, 80% adorable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This cute little snake-worm is a legless lizard called the slow worm (Anguis fragilis). As docile as they come, it is a gentle and helpful creature who quickly gets used to people and prefers to wait rather than flee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It explores the world around it by sniffing with its flickering, forked tongue. Some call it the blindworm but it can see just fine &#8211; exactly as much as it needs to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The male, like our dashing friend here, has elegant black stripes along his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Language spoken: Slovenian (Slovenia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transcript:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HELLO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOOK, IT&#8217;S SNIFFING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOOK, IT&#8217;S SNIFFING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HELLO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IT&#8217;S A MALE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I THINK HE&#8217;S A BOY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composition: 10% scary, 10% icky, 80% adorable This cute little snake-worm is a legless lizard called the slow worm (Anguis fragilis). As docile as they come, it is a gentle and helpful creature who quickly gets used to people and prefers to wait rather than flee. It explores the world around it by sniffing with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/?p=730\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The friendly male slow worm whom I share territory with<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,8,114,232,12,94],"tags":[227,229,226,225,221,224,228,223,231,219,220,218,230,222],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-english","category-neanderslavia","category-reptiles","category-slovenia","category-wetlands","tag-anguisfragilis","tag-blindworm","tag-glasslizard-male","tag-harmless","tag-leglesslizard","tag-lizard","tag-naturalfingernails","tag-nature","tag-naturetouch","tag-neanderslavia-2","tag-slovenia-2","tag-slowworm","tag-touchofnature","tag-vojnik-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-straus.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}