Bizarre snake-like worm's secrets revealed in CT scans

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Feb 12, 2024, 4:53 pm201 pts
Amphisbaenians are strange creatures. Like worms with vertebrae, scales, a large central tooth and sometimes small forearms, these reptiles live underground, burrowing tunnels and preying on just about anything they encounter, not unlike a miniature version of the monstrous sandworms from "Dune."

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