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Bucky

(54,065 posts)
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 04:27 PM Aug 2012

What do you think of this Brazilian snake?



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2182158/Scientists-discover-new-species-blind-snake-Brazilian-river-stop-sniggering-back.html

[font size="4"]Scientists discover new species of 'blind snake' in Brazilian river that looks remarkably like...[/font]

Forgive us if this puts you off your dinner because, as snakes go, this is not much of a charmer.

The unique creature, atretochoana eiselti, was found after engineers drained a hydroelectric dam which spans a river connected to the Amazon.

Biologists discovered six of the unusual-looking creatures - each about a metre long - at the bottom of the river-bed on the Madeira river in Rondonia, in Brazil.

Say "ah"


A no-eyed you-better-hope-it's-not-in-your-trouser snake.
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What do you think of this Brazilian snake? (Original Post) Bucky Aug 2012 OP
. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #1
I think I saw that once before... pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #2
Not even close! Oh, here's another. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #5
"It's like...ALIVE!" pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #6
Oh... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #7
oh...my..gawd! poor sweet baby! alphafemale Aug 2012 #3
... says hi! pokerfan Aug 2012 #4
Legless salamander, an amphibian byeya Aug 2012 #8
Looks like a tube snake. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #9
"Only 1 metre long." RedCloud Aug 2012 #10
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
5. Not even close! Oh, here's another.
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 05:05 PM
Aug 2012

I'm beginning to admire the humble Tapir and how resourceful it can be when it needs to scratch it's head or belly, places it cannot reach by hoof.

And, LOL at one of the comments in the audio:

"What time did THIS show start?"




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