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www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6187320/Snake-with-foot-found-in-China.html
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Jess
1.2 adult BRBs (Sango, Copper, Cherry)
0.1 juvie BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Isis)
1.0 Blue Parrotlet (Willy)
1.0 Orange and White Kitty
1.0 african brown house snake (Nellie)

I'm calling "BS"!

>>I'm calling "BS"!

well it was on the wall with it's talons, we that is definately BS.....lol
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts

I definitely think the woman who found the snake either had a bad translator or is seriously superstitious. The photo, while not the best, can potentially be real. I am just trying to wrap my head around the genetics and how such a thing could come about...
I trust the UK tribune, but not whatever news source they may have gotten the story from in China.

I would like to see how this pans out and if some sort of parasitic lizard gets into snake eggs and transforms the babies

Still an interesting article. Here's another one: A Hot-Pink Grasshopper!
green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/253/boy-finds-rare-pink-grasshopper.html
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Jess
1.2 adult BRBs (Sango, Copper, Cherry)
0.1 juvie BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Isis)
1.0 Blue Parrotlet (Willy)
1.0 Orange and White Kitty
1.0 african brown house snake (Nellie)

>>I definitely think the woman who found the snake either had a bad translator or is seriously superstitious. The photo, while not the best, can potentially be real. I am just trying to wrap my head around the genetics and how such a thing could come about...
>>I trust the UK tribune, but not whatever news source they may have gotten the story from in China.
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>>I would like to see how this pans out and if some sort of parasitic lizard gets into snake eggs and transforms the babies
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>>Still an interesting article. Here's another one: A Hot-Pink Grasshopper!
>>green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/253/boy-finds-rare-pink-grasshopper.html
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>>Jess
>>1.2 adult BRBs (Sango, Copper, Cherry)
>>0.1 juvie BRBs born 6/18/06 my first litter(Isis)
>>1.0 Blue Parrotlet (Willy)
>>1.0 Orange and White Kitty
>>1.0 african brown house snake (Nellie)
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts

>>I definitely think the woman who found the snake either had a bad translator or is seriously superstitious. The photo, while not the best, can potentially be real. I am just trying to wrap my head around the genetics and how such a thing could come about...

There's an excellent book called "Your Inner Fish" that covers stuff like this. I highly recommend it.

I have no doubt some rare genetic problem could cause a snake to have some type of rudimentary limb, but imo this is either a case of a doctored photo or an eaten lizard's leg poking through the skin.

Looks like the front arm of a lizard that was eaten and then somehow broke through the side. Maybe even in her effort to kill the bad snake.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

yeah i think to me it looks more like a lizard decided that the belly of a snake wasnt the best place to be and tried to do something about it
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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)