Comments on: Snake Found with a Foot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:21:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1858214 Gauldar Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:04:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1858214 @Ted Hey, inspiration has to come from somewhere, right? @Ted

Hey, inspiration has to come from somewhere, right?

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1858071 Christophe Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:59:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1858071 it's a belly bursting alien! there should be a dead facehugger nearby. it’s a belly bursting alien!
there should be a dead facehugger nearby.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1858056 ted Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:18:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1858056 Not sure how you got that out of my comment, but hey, I'm willing to take credit for it. Not sure how you got that out of my comment, but hey, I’m willing to take credit for it.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1858050 Gauldar Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:30:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1858050 @Ted That's a good point, I guess some evolution becomes stunted due to humans saying "Hey, isn't that neat", killing it, and then putting it in a jar, which is not a very efficient trait of survival. @Ted

That’s a good point, I guess some evolution becomes stunted due to humans saying “Hey, isn’t that neat”, killing it, and then putting it in a jar, which is not a very efficient trait of survival.

]]> By: Kyralessa http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1858047 Kyralessa Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:19:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1858047 Don't you people read the Bible? *All* snakes used to have feet: So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life." Clearly the snake in the photo was born less evil than the average snake, and so it got a foot instead of having to crawl in the same way as other snakes. Alas, this woman killed it, so evolution toward a race of kind, wholesome snakes was stopped when it had barely begun. Don’t you people read the Bible? *All* snakes used to have feet:

So the LORD God said to the serpent:
“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.”

Clearly the snake in the photo was born less evil than the average snake, and so it got a foot instead of having to crawl in the same way as other snakes.

Alas, this woman killed it, so evolution toward a race of kind, wholesome snakes was stopped when it had barely begun.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1858037 ted Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:56:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1858037 Why do these unique animals always happen to be dead? I smell a fake. Why do these unique animals always happen to be dead?

I smell a fake.

]]> By: FishBottleT http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857995 FishBottleT Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:18:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857995 If it was truley using the leg as propulsion I would be scared to see one with two or even four legs. Well I guess a snake with four legs would kinda be a lizard!! If it was truley using the leg as propulsion I would be scared to see one with two or even four legs. Well I guess a snake with four legs would kinda be a lizard!!

]]> By: felixthecat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857977 felixthecat Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:16:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857977 There is a bulge in the snake's body that looks as though it swallowed something about the 1.5x the length of the leg and going that distance in each direction. I would imagine that a lizard was swallowed, and burst a leg through the snake. We may never know. There is a bulge in the snake’s body that looks as though it swallowed something about the 1.5x the length of the leg and going that distance in each direction. I would imagine that a lizard was swallowed, and burst a leg through the snake. We may never know.

]]> By: starbreiz http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857974 starbreiz Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:07:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857974 If it was a former meal, why are there markings on it that look the same as the snake? i need a more detailed pic to make a decision :) If it was a former meal, why are there markings on it that look the same as the snake?

i need a more detailed pic to make a decision :)

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857950 Gauldar Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:23:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857950 Well, since most of you are going with the "it split open the side of him and is hanging out" idea, I'm forced to stand firm as the minority, and be the first to welcome our one-legged snake overlords. Well, since most of you are going with the “it split open the side of him and is hanging out” idea, I’m forced to stand firm as the minority, and be the first to welcome our one-legged snake overlords.

]]> By: Video Game Dork http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857940 Video Game Dork Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:09:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857940 its from a meal. I have a friend who is a biologist and a reptile expert and that's what he believes. So, I'll believe him over the chinese press. its from a meal. I have a friend who is a biologist and a reptile expert and that’s what he believes. So, I’ll believe him over the chinese press.

]]> By: Paityr http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857938 Paityr Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:08:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857938 The article actually says the 2 headed snake phenomenom is relatively common as an abnormality. The article actually says the 2 headed snake phenomenom is relatively common as an abnormality.

]]> By: MadMolecule http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857914 MadMolecule Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:17:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857914 Or maybe it's planning to evolve a few more legs and go on a killing rampage. Or maybe it’s planning to evolve a few more legs and go on a killing rampage.

]]> By: pazzousul http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857876 pazzousul Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:41:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857876 Hmmm, I agree with Tim. Either it's a leftover meal that didn't digest to well or it's fake. Creepy. Hmmm, I agree with Tim. Either it’s a leftover meal that didn’t digest to well or it’s fake. Creepy.

]]> By: ByrdBrain http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857865 ByrdBrain Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:30:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857865 But the leg has the same skin color and striping as the snake itself. The photo is too small and resolution too low for any conclusive chest-buster action. But the leg has the same skin color and striping as the snake itself. The photo is too small and resolution too low for any conclusive chest-buster action.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857862 Johnny Cat Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:19:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857862 I agree that it looks like a critter of the Chuck Norris genus punched a hole in the snakes body, trying to escape. I agree that it looks like a critter of the Chuck Norris genus punched a hole in the snakes body, trying to escape.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857843 Gauldar Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:54:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857843 While random mutation is possible, you have to look at the situation and ask if this is an abnormality, or if an external source caused it. Many fish in China have gone through mutations caused by chemical run off into the waters, but nature has done stranger things before so you can't ignore that either. http://images.smh.com.au/2009/07/23/646296/snake03x-600x400.jpg While random mutation is possible, you have to look at the situation and ask if this is an abnormality, or if an external source caused it. Many fish in China have gone through mutations caused by chemical run off into the waters, but nature has done stranger things before so you can’t ignore that either.

http://images.smh.com.au/2009/07/23/646296/snake03x-600×400.jpg

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/15/snake-found-with-a-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1857817 Tim Giachetti Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:33:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26222#comment-1857817 if you look closely, you will see that the leg is from its last meal. popped right out his side. Not the first chinese press releases are pure garbage lies. This happens to alot of Pythons in the Everglades trying to eat a'gator that bursts thru its side. if you look closely, you will see that the leg is from its last meal. popped right out his side. Not the first chinese press releases are pure garbage lies.
This happens to alot of Pythons in the Everglades trying to eat a’gator that bursts thru its side.

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