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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat 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
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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. I think I saw that once before...
...on a tapir.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)5. Not even close! Oh, here's another.
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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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. "It's like...ALIVE!"
Does you-know-who know about this yet?
Far be it from ME to stalk someone armed with a tapered taperdoodle!
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)3. oh...my..gawd! poor sweet baby!
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)4. ... says hi!
byeya
(2,842 posts)8. Legless salamander, an amphibian
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)9. Looks like a tube snake.
RedCloud
(9,230 posts)10. "Only 1 metre long."
No truer words ever written.