Comments on: New Suriname Species

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:09:25 +0000

The snail eating snake is fascinating. It is truly amazing the way in which the myriad creatures of this earth have found ways to adapt to survive in their habitat. This snake I assume is highly specialized for eating snails and it is interesting to contemplate the circumstances that were involved in taking this evolutionary path to fill this niche. The article does not mention it, but I wonder if this snake is particularly adapted to eating a certain species of snail, or if it feeds on whatever kind of snail it comes across? It may seem like an odd question to some, but there are animals that are incredibly specialized to this degree.

By: twblack

twblack — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:40:41 +0000

That snake’s head looks very strange.

By: DARHOP

DARHOP — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:42:00 +0000

Very Kool. And I hope shimmeringsoul is right.

By: shimmeringsoul

shimmeringsoul — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:02:43 +0000

This is so cool! I love reading about new species being found all over the place. Maybe this year someone in the scientific community will catch a living bipedal hairy apelike creature?