中国发现有脚的蛇

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《每日电讯报》报道,中国四川遂宁发现了一条有爪子的蛇。据发现者、66岁的Dean Qiongxiu称,她当时被奇怪声音惊醒,开灯后发现了一条怪物用爪子沿着墙爬行。当时她很害怕,抡起鞋子把这条蛇给砸死了,随后尸体被泡在了酒精里。目前江西南昌师范大学生命科学系专家正在对它展开研究。
Snake with foot found in China
A snake with a single clawed foot has been discovered in China, according to reports.
Published: 10:30AM BST 14 Sep 2009
Snake that grew a foot out of its body Photo: CEN/Europics
Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.
"I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw," said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.
Mrs Duan said she was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alcohol.
The snake – 16 inches long and the thickness of a little finger – is now being studied at the Life Sciences Department at China's West Normal University in Nanchang.
Snake expert Long Shuai said: "It is truly shocking but we won't know the cause until we've conducted an autopsy."
A more common mutation among snakes is the growth of a second head, which occurs in a similar way to the formation of Siamese twins in humans.
Such animals are often caught and preserved as lucky tokens but have very little chance of surviving in the wild anyway, especially as the heads have a tendency to attack each other.