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Atretochoana — Specie of limbless amphibians known as the "penis snake" that was once thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in 2011 (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 9 months ago by decadentrebel to c/creepywikipedia

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[–] KISSmyOSFeddit 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The article reads like part of the beginning of a Cthulhu story, especially:

Its skull shows evidence of muscles not found in any other organism.

Examination of the specimen showed it to have a number of unusual features, including the large number of splenial teeth observed by Taylor, but most unusually, closed choanae, which showed it could not fill any lungs it might have.

the question of how it breathes has not yet been resolved.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Goa’uld?