Snake with a Foot Discovered in China
A snake measuring sixteen inches long has been discovered in China by Dean Qiongxiu, making its grand entrance by clinging to the bathroom wall with a clawed talon.
Unfortunately, its life was cut short when she beat it to death with a shoe as it attempted to defy evolution and scurry across the wall using its single foot. Preserving the specimen in alcohol, it was turned over to the Department of Life Sciences at West Normal University in Nanchang.
According to resident snake expert Long Shuai, the cause of the foot remains unknown, though an autopsy may reveal why. This biological anomaly is in a way similar to the growth of an extra head, which shares similarities in the way humans develop into conjoined twins.
Unlike two-headed snakes, however, human conjoined twins don’t often attack each other. A snake with two heads has little chance of surviving for a long time in the wild, though one can only guess the physical limitations or advantages a snake with an extra foot might have.
It’s only a matter of time before regular snakes evolve into walking monsters and take over the world.
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By bmchargue on 28-09-2009
Comment by wambat#9
September 28th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
shades of dragons past.It is bad enough that snakes slither,climbing walls is creepy!
Comment by sir jorge
September 28th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
so much for that idea that serpents don't exist
Comment by Pamela
September 29th, 2009 at 12:15 am
ah a dragon slayer
Comment by Robin
September 29th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
It's not similar at all. Snakes have the genetic ability to grow a head, so two heads is not far-fetched. But a leg, when they've evolved to be legless? One simple mutation won't cause that.
Comment by Milky
September 29th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
@Robin: While it is strange, it's not impossible. Many snakes, especially constricters, have vestigial leg bones inside of they're bodies, including spurs used in mating that appear to have been legs many millenia ago. It's unlikely that one mutation caused this, but a rare compund mutation within an animal with some naturally remaining bone structure could cause a deformed, though present, limb.
Comment by Esther
September 30th, 2009 at 2:42 am
(yawn)…thats nothing!! I`ve seen snakes walking around on TWO legs…their called `politicians`!!!! LOLOLOL
Comment by Bob Hope
September 30th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Looks like the leg is part of whatever it just swallowed.
Comment by Jack
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 am
How on earth do you know that?
Comment by SAMAR
October 4th, 2009 at 6:56 am
HEY..!! ITS STRANGE ..A SNAKE IS HAVING FEET….IMPOSSIBLE CAN BE POSSINBLE..
Comment by Jigyasa
October 4th, 2009 at 2:47 am
Impossible! You must be joking!
Comment by Jigyasa
October 4th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Imposssible! You must be joking!
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Comment by Sneha
October 4th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
U surely must be joking!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its impossible
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October 4th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
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Comment by vkt
October 4th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Everything is possible on this globe.
Comment by web design media
November 6th, 2009 at 5:45 am
i have a surprize…………..yeah……
Comment by Valery Rodriguez
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:03 am
my mom thought wasn't true about the, 1 leged snake.
lol
Comment by Jodye Rudolph
February 4th, 2010 at 4:05 am
We have found Whales with legs before. While this is rare, it is not imposible. basically, something went wrong inside the egg and instead of losing its legs, it retained a leg.
If it had two legs instead of one, it would be the pokemon Rayquaza!