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Snake with foot found in China
telegraph.co.uk - 9/15/2009
Snake with foot found in China
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A snake with a single clawed foot has been discovered in China.

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Evolutionary Throwback Snake With Foot Discovered [Monsters Among Us]
io9 — ... 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." Creatures can re-evolve old features. Maybe this snake is the first mutation in a series that will bring back snakes with legs? Perhaps as the snakes' environments disappear, it will be better for them to have legs with claws. All the better for climbing around in cities. via Telegraph ...

Is There a Snake with *Two* Feet Somewhere?
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