Forgive Me if this puts you off your dinner
The unique creature, atretochoana eiselti, was found after engineers drained a hydroelectric
dam which spans a river connected to the Amazon.
Madeira river in Rondonia, in Brazil
Biologists discovered six of the unusual-looking creatures – each
about a meter long – at the bottom
of the river-bed on the Madeira river
in Rondonia, in Brazil.
Scientists discover new species of ‘blind snake’ in Brazilian river
that looks remarkably like a piece
of the human anatomy (and stop
sniggering).
Atretochoana eiselti is a blind snake
This blind snake might look a little disgusting, but it is an
exciting discovery for scientists, who
believe it is closely related to
salamanders and frogs
blind snake in Brazilian
Atretochoana eiselti is blind and has been spotted near the mouth
of the Amazon river, in warm
and fast-flowing water
blind snake
The creatures were discovered in November, however it took until
today for scientists to correctly
classify the snake’s genus –
confirming it is a rare creature which has only been spotted
sporadically
since first spotted in 1968.
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