Saturday 28 May 2016

New species of bird-eating boa snake with SILVER skin discovered in the Bahama

Biologists who discovered an unusual silver boa (pictured) say it is a new species, having diverged from other boas in the last several million yearsThey have a reputation for being 'silver-tongued' creatures in many folk tales and legends, but now a snake that appears to be covered in the precious metal has been discovered by biologists.
The Silver Boa was first spotted by a team on a remote island in the Bahamas, who later found the remarkably coloured creature was completely unknown to science. 
The team from Harvard University first encountered a metre-long silvery female as she climbed a Silver Palm tree near the water's edge on a remote island in the southern Bahamas.   read more

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