Snake with foot found in China?

vr_don · 09-15-2009, 05:34 PM

Telegraph UK:

A snake with a single clawed foot has been discovered in China, according to reports.

LINK

BURNING MAN · 09-15-2009, 07:50 PM

I'm surprised that a chinese restaurant didn't buy the snake. Snake foot soup, Mmm Mmm, delicious!

BURNING MAN · 09-15-2009, 10:11 PM

A few years ago when I was in China, I witnessed a 94 year old man cut the heart from a live snake and eat it. The old man had no teeth, he was sucking on it like it was hard candy.

$$kneel-B4-me$$ · 09-16-2009, 02:44 AM

is he flicking me off? that rat bastered.. i hope he breaks a nail!

vr_don · 09-17-2009, 08:25 AM

Seriously, if this is real, it's a very strange oddity. A slip up of the DNA in a snake to produce a claw like that would show one of two things:

1) We know that snakes are closely related to lizards. And here is proof that they are more closely related than previously imagined.

-or-

2) Lizards and snakes may occasionally breed?

Consider this little guy:

BURNING MAN · 09-17-2009, 07:45 PM

Some pythons and most boas do have nub like legs. The tiny visible claws protrude out and are nestled close to their bellies near the anus. The males still use the claws but only during courtship and fighting, not to walk.

09-15-2009, 05:34 PM	#1
vr_don Investigator Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 195	Snake with foot found in China? Telegraph UK: A snake with a single clawed foot has been discovered in China, according to reports. LINK

09-15-2009, 07:50 PM	#2
BURNING MAN Investigator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Holland Posts: 344	I'm surprised that a chinese restaurant didn't buy the snake. Snake foot soup, Mmm Mmm, delicious! __________________ === “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God ?”=== -- Epicurus

09-15-2009, 10:11 PM	#3
BURNING MAN Investigator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Holland Posts: 344	A few years ago when I was in China, I witnessed a 94 year old man cut the heart from a live snake and eat it. The old man had no teeth, he was sucking on it like it was hard candy. __________________ === “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God ?”=== -- Epicurus

09-16-2009, 02:44 AM	#4
$$kneel-B4-me$$ Investigator Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 148	is he flicking me off? that rat bastered.. i hope he breaks a nail! __________________ Dark for fear of failure, an inner gloom as wide as an eye and fermenting roiling hate, death grip in my veins.. unveiling rancid petals flowering forth foul nector, the space between a blink and a tear... Death blooms

09-17-2009, 07:45 PM	#6
BURNING MAN Investigator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Holland Posts: 344	Some pythons and most boas do have nub like legs. The tiny visible claws protrude out and are nestled close to their bellies near the anus. The males still use the claws but only during courtship and fighting, not to walk. __________________ === “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God ?”=== -- Epicurus

09-17-2009, 08:25 AM	#5
vr_don Investigator Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 195	Seriously, if this is real, it's a very strange oddity. A slip up of the DNA in a snake to produce a claw like that would show one of two things: 1) We know that snakes are closely related to lizards. And here is proof that they are more closely related than previously imagined. -or- 2) Lizards and snakes may occasionally breed? Consider this little guy:

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