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minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·edit-213 days agoAh. Apparently it’s called a slug snake because it EATS slugs, not because it looks like one. Which is good, because it looks like a stick. Literally the most twig-ass looking snake ever.
minus-squareSphks@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days agoUnlike many other snakes, this species eats snails and slugs using a technique called mandibular sawing. To slice off the indigestible parts of prey, it slides its jaws back and forth like a saw.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-213 days agoWild! (Also, you doubled-commented somehow)
minus-squareComfortableRaspberry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoIt looks dry af. Like those rain worms that didn’t make it back in time and dried on the asphalt
Ah. Apparently it’s called a slug snake because it EATS slugs, not because it looks like one.
Which is good, because it looks like a stick. Literally the most twig-ass looking snake ever.
Great camouflage!
Unlike many other snakes, this species eats snails and slugs using a technique called mandibular sawing. To slice off the indigestible parts of prey, it slides its jaws back and forth like a saw.
Wild! (Also, you doubled-commented somehow)
Twice the snake facts!
It looks dry af. Like those rain worms that didn’t make it back in time and dried on the asphalt
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