Comments on: Extinct Blind Snake Found

By: UKCryptid

UKCryptid — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:32:59 +0000

When I first heard of this several days ago they said that the snake was never declared extinct, it just hadn’t been found again. Great little find though, the entire family of these snakes and their close cousins are fascinating to a herper.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:51:07 +0000

Yeah, Sordes is right, sausage. Look at most animals that fulfill this niche and you will see that many of them have developed to be long and thin like this. Even mammals that burrow tend to be somewhat long and thin. It is an advantageous trait for burrowing because it requires less energy to dig and fit within the tunnels.

By: Sordes

Sordes — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:10:48 +0000

This animals borrows in the ground, similar to earthworms. Some of them exlusively feed on ants which they catch in their own nests, so they have to be very thin to move in this tunnels.

By: sausage1

sausage1 — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:48:53 +0000

‘Scuse my ignorance, but I have always wondered this. What is the advantage of evolving such long thin bodies in these types of snake?

By: joppa

joppa — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:34:41 +0000

Here’s my question; are they truly blind (without eyes) or are the eyes hidden under transluscent scales?

There is a Texas blind snake and other “worm snake” species here in the Southeast that seem blind or eyeless but in fact the eyes are under their scales, which limits their “seeing” to light and dark or differing shades and shadows.

By: Sharm

Sharm — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:38:47 +0000

Wow!

What’s next?

By: youcantryreachingme

youcantryreachingme — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:20:33 +0000

Fantastic find!
Those absolutely tiny (and usually blind) snakes totally fascinate me - how can something so worm-like actually be reptilian?

It’s like lancelets with fish.