A New Bandy-bandy Species of Venomous Snake Accidentally Discovered in Australia
A new species, very distinct from the ones that are a common sight on Australia's East Coast and the interiors. The new snake is about 30-40cm long and features thin white bands, and fatter black bands along its body.
Slithering reptiles snakes have so many species and they inhabit on every continent of this planet, except for Antartica. In the roughly 3000 plus species that are said to exist on Earth, scientists have found a new venomous species슬롯 머신 사이트 추천in bandy-bandy snake family in Queensland, Australia. Bandy-bandy is a subspecies of burrowing snakes that are슬롯 머신 사이트 추천a슬롯 머신 사이트 추천native of Australia. This new species was discovered accidentally by a team of scientists who were슬롯 머신 사이트 추천researching sea snakes near Weipa. But scientists fear that the snake may already be near extinction.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Albino Cobra Hatchling Rescued in Bengaluru, In a First A Two-Day Old Rare Snake Was Found.
Weipa is a mining town on the west coast of the state슬롯사이트™s Cape York Peninsula. The team led by슬롯 머신 사이트 추천University of Queensland슬롯사이트™s Associate Professor Bryan Fry was on a research mission of sea snake when they discovered the new species. The bandy-bandy snake family usually stay in burrows so they were surprised to find this slithering one on a concrete block near the sea. One of the teammates then examined the snake and it turned out to be a new species, very distinct from the ones that are a common sight on Australia's East Coast and the interiors. The new snake is about 30-40cm long and features thin white bands, and fatter black bands along its body. The new species has been formally named as슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Vermicella parscauda.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The biologists have published their슬롯 머신 사이트 추천observations in the journal슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Zootaxa.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천
The team on careful observation found another specimen nearby. They made a total of 6 observations in the same area. But given the environment they were found in, Prof Fry said the species could already be endangered. "Bauxite mining is a major economic activity in the region, and it may be reshaping the environment to the detriment of native plants and animals." He also said that a venom can be put to different uses, especially to develop new medications.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Shocking Video of Giant Python Eating an Indonesian Woman Will Freak You Out: Disturbing Images of Human Body Found in Big Snake슬롯사이트™s Belly.
If these species are only found in the mining area then they are definitely endangered. "It is very unique, relative to all of the other bandy bandies, and it reinforces how little we really know about our biodiversity and how much we might be losing through short-term economic activities," he emphasised. The team has formally applied to the Queensland government슬롯사이트™s Department of Environment and Science to declare the snake a threatened species.
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