蚯蚓?盲蛇?

(轉載自thomasbomm)

昨天在地毯上看見了這個小傢伙。一開始我還以為是蚯蚓呢,湊近一看才發現有鱗片和一對小小的眼睛~

Saw this guy on our rug last night. At first I thought it was an earthworm, then noticed the scales and teeny little eyes.


在一片「啥,我還以為是鞋帶」和「啥,你確定這不是纜繩」的驚呼聲中,很快有人指出了答案:這是一種俗稱Western Threadsnake的細盲蛇。因為生存在地下,眼睛退化,基本只剩餘感光能力。主要也是鑽地,會鑽進蟻穴裡去吃螞蟻或白蟻,也會吃各種昆蟲的蟲卵。嚴格來說算是有益生物。

大家一邊讀著維基和相關資料,一邊覺得這蛇好像很萌...


Behavior
Texas Blind Snakes spend the vast majority of their time buried in loose soil, only emerging to feed or when it rains and their habitat floods with water. Blind snakes are often found after spring rains and mistaken for earthworms. If handled they usually squirm around and try to poke the tip of their tail into the handler. This is a completely harmless maneuver and likely serves as a distractive measure. Their mouths are far too small to effectively bite a human being.

習性
德州細盲蛇在大部分時間中都潛藏於鬆散的泥沙之中,只有在要覓食的時候,或當雨水滲透居住地時牠們才會走到地上。主要進食蟻類及白蟻。要觀察野生德州細盲蛇的生態習慣是相當困難的,因為牠們的生活風格非常神秘莫測。不過,跟其它德州本土物種一樣,火蟻的出現會嚴重影響德州細盲蛇的生活。

盲蛇通常都會在雨天出現,尤其是春季時份,有時會被誤認為蚯蚓。如果這時候盲蛇被抓起來的話,牠們會顯得忸怩不安,並會嘗試以尾巴末端戳向對方。這個動作是沒有攻擊性的,只是為了引開對方的注意力,以圖脫身而已。而牠們的嘴巴更是小得不可以對人類產生任何威脅。



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