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Old 04-08-2008, 12:41 PM
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Murphy - alive and well in Barbados

From ABC news -

"The world's smallest snake has been found on the Caribbean island of Barbados.

It is as thin as a strand of spaghetti and only 10 centimetres long.
The United States biologist who made the discovery, Doctor Blair Hedges, says if the new species was any smaller it would not be able to eat anything.


Doctor Hedges says the snake is dark brown with two yellow stripes and was found in a threatened area of a forest.


"We've turned some rocks near some forests, found one animal underneath the rock, but then we spent two days turning hundreds of other rocks also at Barbados without finding another one so we came back to that same rock and found another snake under the rock next to that first one," he said."
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Old 04-08-2008, 06:16 PM
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Probably waiting for its mate to come back
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Old 04-08-2008, 06:22 PM
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Old 04-08-2008, 06:33 PM
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I wonder what it tastes like.
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Any pics of the snake?
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Old 04-08-2008, 09:43 PM
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Any pics of the snake?
Here ya go.

Here's the little critter shown against a US (quarter) 25c piece.

Sure must have tiny fangs!
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Old 05-08-2008, 10:47 PM
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Wow, that certainly is a little critter.
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