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(DIR) Post #AVp8M4MfEMfZLR1MMC by fearghuis@berserker.town
2023-05-18T17:18:50Z
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Caecilians are cousins to frogs and salamanders which obtain their moisture from water in the ground, as burrowing creatures. They have little sight and no hearing, but powerful smell and touch through their specialized tentacles. The Brazilian myth of the Minhocão might be based on these things.
(DIR) Post #AVp8M63awEbWas79ua by fearghuis@berserker.town
2023-05-18T17:22:36Z
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They only have forelimbs. Their lack of hindlimbs highlights how snakes lost their front and hind limbs through two different genetic processes (the alteration of Hox genes and the alteration of Hedgehog respectively).
(DIR) Post #AVp8M7eV0VibXcO94a by fearghuis@berserker.town
2023-05-18T17:26:04Z
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Wotan sees better with one eye than two. The Caecilian sees even better with two whiskers than with eyes or ears