0000-0002-8715-2896 Snakes are beautiful and bizarre animals. Limbless vertebrates, they have been around for more than 150 million years, and occupy almost every ecological role possible, including living under the sea! Over geological time, theyCategory Archives: snakes
Snakes. Why did it have to be giant snakes?
0000-0002-8715-2896 Snakes are beautiful and bizarre animals. Limbless vertebrates, they have been around for more than 150 million years, and occupy almost every ecological role possible, including living under the sea! Over geological time, theyPosted by in featured, Gigantophis, Gondwana, Jon Tennant, snakes
Snakes in a Burrow: Fossil Rattles Origin of Snakes
Last week, paleontologists published a study in the journal Science Advances revealing a possible habitat origin for modern snakes. This study was based on an exciting morphological discovery in a fossil snake that could helpA man holds a Cape cobra as his son force-feeds it to assure…
A man holds a Cape cobra as his son force-feeds it to assure venom supply, November 1950.Photograph by Justin Locke, National Geographic
A man holds a Cape cobra as his son force-feeds it to assure…
A man holds a Cape cobra as his son force-feeds it to assure venom supply, November 1950.Photograph by Justin Locke, National Geographic