Science Abuse Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6187320/Snake-with-foot-found-in-China.html Looking at it... I wonder if there isn't a similarly colored lizard in there, with one arm jutting out an injury int he side of the snake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 snakes with claws...great. Just what we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Crazy. It encoded enter their genome. Old world restictors (boas, etc.) actually have a vestigial rear legs. I'll see if I can find a skeleton pic right quick. :zoom: Ok, it's only a drawing, but what the hell. I ain't got all night. http://www.synapses.co.uk/evolve/vestsnak.gif BTW, whales have them, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Coming from China who knows how reliable the info is. Pretty neat though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6187320/Snake-with-foot-found-in-China.html Looking at it... I wonder if there isn't a similarly colored lizard in there, with one arm jutting out an injury int he side of the snake. That's what I'm thinking. It certainly looks like there's something in the stomach right about where the claw is. Although the woman said she heard scratching on her wall...but possibly the lizard was alive and still kicking a little bit, thus scratching the wall? Although the pattern on the leg is very similar to the pattern on the snake. I'm sure genetic mutations like this are more common than we generally think about. I mean hey, every once in a while a person is born with a tail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGRE Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 snake ate a lizard, end of story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 China = Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night. USA = Best place on earth to live. Part of me wonders if they have been conducting chemical / nuclear testing in that part of the world and it's just a matter of time before this woman grows a leg out of her own stomach. That leg being cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverAudiMike Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 China = Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night. USA = Best place on earth to live. Part of me wonders if they have been conducting chemical / nuclear testing in that part of the world and it's just a matter of time before this woman grows a leg out of her own stomach. That leg being cancer. Right. The US does no chemical or nuclear testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I'm betting the eye witnes is full of shit, or the story was made up to suit the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 Right. The US does no chemical or nuclear testing. 1. Never saw a snake clinging to the wall of my house 2. Have never seen nuclear/chemical testing near my house either. Over there, they just plain don't give a fuck, so I wouldn't put it past them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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