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Microcephalophis

reptile genus
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  • timber rattlesnake
    snake
    / Specializations for securing food

    One genus of sea snakes, Microcephalophis, has a tiny head and a long neck with the same diameter as the head, which can be inserted deeply into very narrow holes inhabited by its prey. An Asian water snake, Erpeton tentaculatus, has a sizable pair of tentacles on its snout, the…

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    One genus of sea snakes, Microcephalophis, has a tiny head and a long neck with the same diameter as the head, which can be inserted deeply into very narrow holes inhabited by its prey. An Asian water snake, Erpeton tentaculatus, has a sizable pair of tentacles on its snout, the…

    Read More