Photo 15261244, (c) Marion Maclean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marion Maclean

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What

Delalande's Beaked Blind Snake (Rhinotyphlops lalandei)

Observer

karoopixie

Date

January 2013

Description

Burrowing blind thread legless skinksnake - Montagu WCape


Headless due to the feline eating attitude which is to treat it as spaghetti (the rest was eaten after the photo opportunity). Don't know what other info I can give to help ID, except that it was strangely slimy (which came as a rather rude surprise), perhaps they need lubrication to burrow through soil? Perhaps this is where the old wive's tale of snakes being slimy comes from?

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