She beat it to death eh? Was that after she placed it on the tile floor, waited for the sun to come up, and then photographed it?
Posted on 09/15/2009 2:04:01 PM PDT by Steelfish
Snake With Foot Found In China
A snake with a single clawed foot has been discovered in China, according to reports. [Pic in URL] 14 Sep 2009
Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.
"I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw," said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.
Mrs Duan said she was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alcohol.
The snake – 16 inches long and the thickness of a little finger – is now being studied at the Life Sciences Department at China's West Normal University in Nanchang.
Snake expert Long Shuai said: "It is truly shocking but we won't know the cause until we've conducted an autopsy."
A more common mutation among snakes is the growth of a second head, which occurs in a similar way to the formation of Siamese twins in humans.
Such animals are often caught and preserved as lucky tokens but have very little chance of surviving in the wild anyway, especially as the heads have a tendency to attack each other.
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Sounds like Republicans...
I wish they had caught it. I understand the owner killing it of course, but still.
She beat it to death eh? Was that after she placed it on the tile floor, waited for the sun to come up, and then photographed it?
Weird ping.
On second thought, that is kind of dead and stiff looking.
Looks like the lizard that the snake swallowed struggled to get out to the bitter end.
That’s what I would have done.
That thing wouldn’t have been recognizable when I got finished beating it. EEEEeewwwwww.
I have noticed so many ingenious Freeper computer artists that I don’t trust what I see in the pic.
Yea that what im thinking
Oh, I don’t trust it for one minute either. I mean really, China, right. And check out that rectangular lump where whatever fake plastic thing they inserted into the snake shows.
**Mrs Duan said she was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alcohol.**
Pretty much what my reaction would have been.
It must be a snake, couldn’t be a legless lizard... ;’)
What is it? A hummingdog?
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