Slow Worms and Legless Lizards

The slow worm is a curious creature, in that it looks like a snake – but isn’t. Although it lacks legs, it is in fact a legless lizard.

Controversial zoologist Norbert Rhubarb reported a sighting of a legged snake while on expedition deep in the Amazon in 1983. Rhubarb is not taken seriously in the scientific community, mainly due to his previous discoveries of the gliding hedgehog, the marine kangaroo, and the rotating badger.

Rhubarb maintains hopes of getting an article in the likes of Nature or Science magazine in the future, but for the meantime has to settle for Caravan Monthly and the Loft Insulation Quarterly.

This is also a legless lizard. This green fellow discovered a pile of berries that had rotted in the sun and fermented. Having scoffed the lot, he is scittering about randomly.