When we think about snakes, we will recognize large snakes such as pythons, cobras or venomous snakes such as king cobras, rattlesnakes.
But we don’t know that there is another snake as small as earthworms called Barbados Threadsnake.
Is a very strange snake, a bit like an earthworm, when looking at it sometimes we think it is an earthworm, which can be caught and used as fishing bait.
Barbados Threadsnake is the smallest snake in the world and is blind.
While many people think it is earthworm. Or some people think it’s a baby snake, but it’s actually one of the smallest snakes in the world.
Barbados Threadsnake is a species of snake native to the Caribbean islands of Barbados. The average length is only 10 cm and is about the same diameter as spaghetti.
In addition, the behavior of this snake prefers to live in the soil under rocks or logs. That’s why most people mistake it for earthworms.
The world’s smallest snake was first discovered in 2008 while slithering beneath a rock near the Barbados jungle, said Blair Hedges, a biologist at Pennsylvania State University. In addition to its very small size, it is also a blind snake.
Later, few such snakes were found. This is why it is so difficult to study the ecosystem and its behavior.
But from the study, it is expected that the main food of this snake is ants, termites and worms, the female lays one egg at a time, which is very large for its size. The young are half the length of the mother. This is a very large percentage compared to the adult snake rate.
A comparison image of a large snake when the larvae hatch from the eggs are very small, but a small snake like the Barbados thread snake The larvae are large compared to adults.
Usually small snakes lay only one egg. That is why its eggs are large and the baby snakes laid are often very large compared to the mother snake, which increases the chances of survival of the baby snakes.
Interestingly, the Barbados thread snake is one of several species on the Caribbean island. Have been observed by scientists since the time of Charles Darwin, the islands in this area are often inhabited by creatures larger or smaller than usual.
Unfortunately, the Barbados grass snake may be extinct and is at risk of extinction. With only 10% of Barbados’ forest left, the future of the world’s smallest snake is uncertain.
Fiber snakes lay eggs. Females lay eggs one by one, which is very large compared to the size of the female. The hatched cubs are 1/2 the length of the mother.
