Oct 7, 2006

Something Is Amiss

Something is amiss. A worm with eyes and scales? What you are looking at is the Plains Blind Snake. They say everything is big in Texas. Well, not these guys.

Those eyes are pretty well non-functioning, since they creep through the dirt to dine upon ants and termites. I might recruit a few of these little reptiles to live beneath my house. I can promise them a life time supply of ants and I offer a great retirement package.

Thanks for the photo, Jack.

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 07, 2006

    He kinda looks like the worm on Sesame Street

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  2. Raging WombatOctober 10, 2006

    What was the name of that guy? Wormy? Squigly?

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  3. AnonymousOctober 12, 2006

    Looks like a messed-up ding-a-ling.

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  4. Raging WombatOctober 12, 2006

    Um, yes, a very messed up one.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 13, 2006

    It's kinda cute, actually. In a weird way.

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  6. Raging WombatOctober 13, 2006

    If by 'cute in a weird way' you mean 'wormy and snakey', then I agree.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 29, 2007

    They're very cute. Helpless and easily frightened, also fragile. They will wipe a nasty white gunk on you with their bums if you try to hold them for too long, but I've seen them joyfully raiding ant nests, proudly impervious to pincers or stingers.

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