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06-29-2006, 12:17 PM
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A snake capable of changing colour like a chameleon has been discovered in Indonesia.
Two specimens of the snake were found in the Betung National Park on the island of Borneo.
The snakes have been named Kapuas Mud after the river that runs through that part of the island.
The half-metre-long venomous snake is normally brown with an iridescent sheen, but can turn white.
It is not yet known whether the snake can become other colours too, or what exactly causes the change reports New Scientist.
Mark Auliya who discovered the snake said: "I put the reddish-brown snake in a dark bucket. When I retrieved it a few minutes later, it was almost entirely white."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1894752.html?menu=
A variation of this snake may be used for the movie "Snakes on a Plane".
A snake capable of changing colour like a chameleon has been discovered in Indonesia.
Two specimens of the snake were found in the Betung National Park on the island of Borneo.
The snakes have been named Kapuas Mud after the river that runs through that part of the island.
The half-metre-long venomous snake is normally brown with an iridescent sheen, but can turn white.
It is not yet known whether the snake can become other colours too, or what exactly causes the change reports New Scientist.
Mark Auliya who discovered the snake said: "I put the reddish-brown snake in a dark bucket. When I retrieved it a few minutes later, it was almost entirely white."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1894752.html?menu=
A variation of this snake may be used for the movie "Snakes on a Plane".