Welcome to Miami? A weird-looking, noodle-shaped animal was just found in a canal

Miami Herald ^ | 28 July 2021 | MADELEINE MARR

[DUMBGRUNT]

Weird, noodle-shaped amphibians (pronounced “Sicilians”) have been found in the Tamiami Canal, the first discovery of its kind seen in the United States, according to a new report from the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville.

whose name comes from the Latin word “caecus,” meaning “blind,” due to their small or nonexistent eyes. Caecilians have sensory “tentacles” located on their head that may help them find food.

The aquatic, limbless, worm-like animals belong to an ancient order of amphibians that has been around since even before the dinosaurs.

The species that was found in Miami is a Rio Cauca caecilian, or Typhlonectes natans, a native of Colombia and Venezuela. Sometimes incorrectly called rubber eels, they are the most common caecilian in the pet trade and were possibly discarded by an owner that could no longer handle it.

Little is known about this group of “reclusive” animals as many caecilians spend their lives burrowed underground. They can range in size from a few inches to five feet long, depending on the species, and are found in southern Mexico, as well as parts of Africa and Southeast Asia.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Caecilians and they ain't from Sicily.

Florida Man is working it.

[DUMBGRUNT]

[monkeyshine]

More mutants!?!

[EvilCapitalist]

Now THAT is James Carville.

[seowulf]

Spaghetti. Noodle like and Sicilian.

[keving]

They taste somewhere between a Nutria and an IGUANA

[nevadapatriot]

Looks like an anal parasite called a democrat. And yeah, looks just like ol’ snakehead

[Larry Lucido]

[a fool in paradise]

million to one shot, doc

[Rebelbase]

I bought a box of Fusilli the other day just because.

[Ezekiel]

Weird, noodle-shaped amphibians (pronounced “Sicilians”)... Little is known about this group of “reclusive” animals as many caecilians spend their lives burrowed underground.

You'd think for all the movies and TV shows, people would be clued in by now.

[gundog]

Kinfolk ping

[gundog]

Plenty of sirens in the south. You just don’t see them very often.

Amphiuma Probably be eaten by the invasives.

[BunnySlippers]

WHY CAN’T THEY SAY IT’S A “REPTILE”? UNLESS IT’S NOT.

[100%FEDUP]

Some genius thought they could make money selling them as exotic pets and when that fell thru they dumped the creatures.

[gundog]

https://gizmodo.com/freaky-penis-snakes-have-finally-made-it-to-the-u-s-1847380377

[whitney69]

It was found in Florida. Don’t worry, the Burmese pythons, relatives of the original ones released in the swamp by some idiots, will keep their numbers down.

wy69

[gundog]

It’s an amphibian.

[Openurmind]

Wonder how they taste?

[Mastador1]

Wonder how they taste?

Why, they taste like chicken.............of course! ; )