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<\/a><\/p>\nSo what does this tiny snake eat?\u00a0 Usually they feast on large mammals and birds.\u00a0 Okay, I am just messing with you, they actually feed on the larvae of termites and ants, which makes sense considering their size.\u00a0 Believe it or not though, it may be this food source that actually caused the Barbados Threadsnake to become so small.\u00a0 You see, on islands such as Barbados there are often vacant niches.\u00a0 For example, if there are no millipedes or centipedes living on the island then a snake may evolve down to this size and take over that available food source.\u00a0 So now the question is, does the Threadsnake eat insect larvae because they are small or are they small because they eat insect larvae.\u00a0 Yeah, you had better take another drink of coffee before thinking too much about that one.<\/p>\n
Barbados Threadsnake Fast Fact – <\/strong>The Barbados Threadsnake will produce one large egg, in which the offspring that emerges is usually half the size of the adult. Proportionally, this is actually a pretty large baby compared to other snake species.<\/p>\nWell, I hope you enjoyed learning about a relatively new species of animal.\u00a0 See all of you tomorrow for another Wild Fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So it looks like the work week has started again as we all drink our coffee and try to recover from a great long weekend.\u00a0 While you get your caffeine fix, you might as well learn about the World’s Smallest Snake, the Barbados Threadsnake.\u00a0 This incredible creature was discovered on the tropical island of Barbados only a few years ago (in 2008).\u00a0 So let’s see what we can learn about this fairly new species.\u00a0 Okay, take one more sip of coffee and let’s get this Wild Fact started. As mentioned the Barbados Threadsnake is the worlds smallest snake species.\u00a0 Honestly, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,1843,1845,4025,4114,1846,397,1844],"yoast_head":"\n
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