Snake with foot found in China

Subject: Snake with foot found in China Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:35 pm

Snake with foot found in China

A snake with a single clawed foot has been discovered in China, according to reports.
Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.

"I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw," said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.
Mrs Duan said she was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alcohol.

The snake – 16 inches long and the thickness of a little finger – is now being studied at the Life Sciences Department at China's West Normal University in Nanchang.

Snake expert Long Shuai said: "It is truly shocking but we won't know the cause until we've conducted an autopsy."

A more common mutation among snakes is the growth of a second head, which occurs in a similar way to the formation of Siamese twins in humans.

Such animals are often caught and preserved as lucky tokens but have very little chance of surviving in the wild anyway, especially as the heads have a tendency to attack each other.

Click the link for a look at the creature.
On another note WTF China?Why does all the strange crap happen there?
What the hell is in the water over there?

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ravengrim wrote:: On another note WTF China?Why does all the strange crap happen there?
What the hell is in the water over there?

Tons of pollution.... I'm also wondering if it might be an actual species. They have all those legends about dragons. And while they are exaggerated, all legends started out with little bits of fact.

Subject: Re: Snake with foot found in China Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:22 pm

Looks like the snake swallowed a lizard and the the lizard's foot poked out from inside the snake's body. tongue

Snakes are known for swallowing large things.

Subject: Re: Snake with foot found in China Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:09 am

It's an odd mutation non the less. I'm guessing it's a throw back to it's ancient past.

Subject: Re: Snake with foot found in China Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:47 pm

grrr why would you kill it. Scientists could of observed how it moved first before the autopsy.

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