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A snake that gave up eyes for a life underground and a face that looks permanently confused.
means A small, burrowing snake with vestigial eyes hidden under scales, feeding mostly on ants and termites underground.
from The name is simply descriptive, from English 'blind' + 'snake' — no myth behind it, just biology: these snakes evolved from sighted ancestors but lost functional vision over time as they adapted to burrowing life, leaving only light-sensitive spots under translucent scales. Their scientific family name, Typhlopidae, tells the same story in Greek — 'typhlos' means blind, so even taxonomists couldn't resist stating the obvious.
- eyesight
- reduced to dark spots, can only sense light
- appearance
- often mistaken for earthworms with attitude
- diet
- mostly ant and termite larvae, raided from nests
- reproduction
- some species are all-female, cloning themselves endlessly