Blind Pink Snake Species Rediscovered After 100 Years.



Scientists re-discovered the blind snake of Madagaskar (Xenotyphlops mocquardi) after the species was last seen more than 100 years ago. The snake is approximately 10 inches long, as thick as a pencil, and looks like a long skinny pink worm!

“They’re really rare because they’re subterranean,” said blind-snake expert Van Wallach of Harvard University who described the new specimen. “You can’t just go out anytime you want and collect these things. You can dig forever and never find them.”

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Posted on February 13, 2007 at 8:50 pm by Alex
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7 comments to "Blind Pink Snake Species Rediscovered After 100 Years."

  • Jimbo
    February 13th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    I didn’t know anyone was still wanting to see it. :)

  • Ty
    February 13th, 2007 at 10:52 pm

    Interesting discovery, but nothing compared to those deep sea and cavern creatures.

  • Denita TwoDragons
    February 14th, 2007 at 12:24 am

    Oh, a worm snake! I used to find snakes like this one crawling through my garden at my previous residence, though only about half as long as the above example. You’d think it was a nightcrawler until you saw its miniscule eyes. (The eyes are not much bigger than a vanilla seed, and almost vestigial. I don’t think it sees much more than shadows and light.)

    It has a pointy scale on the end of its little tail that it uses to scratch attackers with. And it poops in self-defense. (and it’s STINKY poop!)

    –TwoDragons

  • Lou
    February 14th, 2007 at 10:23 am

    I thought the blind, pink snake was a euphemism.

  • Alli
    February 14th, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Well Lou let’s hope the BPS doesn’t get lost for 100 yrs, lol.

  • Denita TwoDragons
    February 14th, 2007 at 11:33 am

    *sigh* OK, I give…(insert phallic joke here)…

    –TwoDragons

  • Aramax
    February 14th, 2007 at 1:19 pm

    Looks like purple toothpaste to me.

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