Amphisbaenians have become one of my favorite guests on Ugly Overload. This two-legged variety is known as the baja worm lizard (bipes biporus) They are known as ajolote in their native Baja California, Mexico.
There is a legend among some of the locals that if a person sits on the ground, one of these may burrow up from the ground and enter his/her digestive tract via the...well, you get the idea. That puts kind of a dark spin on the family picnic. Stay on the benches kids. You wouldn't want an ajolote climbing up your culo.
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Aside from the terrible DOOM claws, and the weird wrinkly back, the overly large nostrils... and the fact it only has two legs... it's kinda cute. Kinda. Microscopically.
i really, really agree. his stubby little arms are the best. plus, it looks like he stole them from a nearby mole.
Agreed, kinda cute.
Awww, it's so little and adorable! The critter's wonderful - but the legend's just nasty.
i love you. you worked in ajolotes and the word "culo". i'm spent.
- ariana
Just when I thought I'd seen everything... seriously. ;) I love eet! He looks positively irridescent too. Is that jsut the picture?
I looked at the picture, thought that Justin had lost his mind, and then read the discription. Now all I can saw is, "Ew!" Even if the thing looks kinda cute, he belongs on Ugly Overload because of the nasty work he does!
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