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Posted 5.29.09 at 3:59 pm 2 Comments

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Barbados Threadsnake

Pennsylvania State University/Copyright S. Blair Hedges

At approximately 4.1 inches long, the Barbados Threadsnake is believed to be the world's smallest snake. It was discovered in St. Joseph Parish on the Caribbean island of Barbados.

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makana100

06/02/09 at 1:32 am

I have a pic of almost the same kind of snake found in Hawaii and from what I understand they came from the phillapines

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dopplerthesexybeast

06/10/09 at 11:25 am

Placoderms are hardly new, and they have been known to science for many years. I would not call that a new discovery; you can flip through almost any college biology textbook and see a fossil of one.

Alice Reilly
Department of Biology
Mercer University

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