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Snake found in broccoli

wunky said:
I have never liked broccoli and now I have another reason not to like it.
I do like snakes though....
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I'd buy more broccoli if I was guaranteed a snake in every bag. :D
 
Why would ANY snake associate itself with broccoli?

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My wife is a florist, and they are very careful when opening boxes of flowers. Most of these come from South America, and often contain lizards, spiders, and similar creatures. No snakes yet...
 
Bikewer said:
My wife is a florist, and they are very careful when opening boxes of flowers. Most of these come from South America, and often contain lizards, spiders, and similar creatures. No snakes yet...
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'Hide the deadly/Black TARANTULA!! :sugarglid '

(yeah, I know, but we don't seem to have a spider-smiley yet....) :(


:snake::snake: :snake: :snake: snakes without a plane... poor snakes... snakes bereft of their natural habitat... the Boeing 747.... who, oh, who will help the snakes... antelopes in an Austin Martin?
 
Tanja said:
Even worse. The caterpillar was white and by the time I realised it was a chunky caterpillar rather than a chunk of cauliflower it was stuck on my fork. :eye-poppi
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Well, I hope you didn't complain too loudly.

Or everyone would have wanted one.
 
CFLarsen said:
Snakes actually have eyelids. They are just "fused", and transparent.
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Afraid not. Whoever said snakes don't have eyelids are correct. Eyelids imply they can open and close and it's a stretch to call the covering of a snake's eyes eyelids. They can't open and close. They're actually a scale called the brill. They are transparent alright, part of the skin and are shed with the skin as one piece whenever a snake sheds. Since they are shed with the skin they are not permanently fused either. A day or two before shedding they become opaque (milky/bluish)and the snake is blind during this time. Snakes shut out light and rest/sleep by going to ground, hiding in the underbrush, burrowing slightly into the soil or tucking their heads into the center of their coiled bodies.

brill


Definition - A transparent scale covering a snake\'s eye.


Context - A transparent scale known as the brill and covering the eye takes on a milky hue-the clearest sign of the transformation to come.

http://discoveryschools.com.au/TEACHER'SGUIDE/guide.php?id=61&s=2
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CFLarsen said:
No, it doesn't imply that.
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Hm, I would think that it does. What else does a lid do, after all? You can open a lid, and close a lid. Can't say I've heard of anyone opening and closing their brills, though. :D
 
Nex said:
Hm, I would think that it does. What else does a lid do, after all? You can open a lid, and close a lid. Can't say I've heard of anyone opening and closing their brills, though. :D
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Oh, man, I was so waiting for a fight to break out here.

"She was choppin' broccoli!"
 
Finish the story:

Ever try and hypnotize a snake?

Hypnotist: Snake, your eyelids are getting heavier and heavier ....

Wait a minute, you don't have any eyelids.
 
Let's cut the crap here, OK?

An eyelid is a thin fold of skin and muscle that covers and protects an eye.
Wikipedia
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Whether it moves or not is beside the point:

The levator palpebrae superioris muscle retracts the eyelid to "open" the eye.
Wikipedia
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So, it's the levator palpebrae superioris muscle that determines if the eyelid moves or not. Not the eyelid itself.

Ergo, snakes have eyelids. Fused, sure. But eyelids nonetheless.
 
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Bikewer said:
My wife is a florist, and they are very careful when opening boxes of flowers. Most of these come from South America, and often contain lizards, spiders, and similar creatures. No snakes yet...
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While they are rarely as hazardous to your health as tarantulas and snakes, transporting plants across the world is also a common way to introduce oligochaeta into new areas. For example, my supervisor at Uni discovered a hitherto unnamed Achaeta species in a greenhouse last autumn. Supposedly, the species is native to El Salvador, but the only known individual comes from Sweden. Only this week, I most likely discovered the first Biwadrilus outside Japan ever (as far as my supervisor and I are aware).

But they are hardly as glamorous as snakes and tarantulas, and never figure in the press (although the first Haplotaxis found in Sweden made a two-page article in a national science magazine).
 
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yeah, let's cut the crap here folks ....


All snakes lack limbs; there are however, some species that have vestigial limbs in the form of small spurs. All snakes lack eyelids (there are some lizard species that lack eyelids, but none in Idaho).

From: http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/reptile/main/serp.htm


Clear scales called spectacles cover the eyes. A snake has no eyelids, so it can't close its eyes. It can only see things up close.

From: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/young_naturalists/snakes/index.html

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Do snakes hypnotize their victims? No. Snakes lack eyelids, so their gaze is seemingly locked in a stare. Staring at a snake's eyes will not cause a person ...

www.wlf.state.la.us/apps/ netgear/index.asp?cn=lawlf&pid=613



As we know that snakes lack eyelids and instead they have a see-through scale protecting their eye. You should see the two "eye-scales". ...
www.icon.co.za/~mvdmerwe/skin_d.htm



Maryland's Wildlife Species - All About Snakes in Maryland ...

But did you know that snakes don't have eyelids or external ear openings? Their bodies are protected by a layer of scales. Each species of snake has a ...

www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/snakeinfo.asp




That snakes lack eyelids is common knowledge. In place of the missing eyelids are protective, clear scales called the spectacles or eye caps. ...

www.animalnetwork.com/reptiles/ detail.aspx?aid=2496&cid=3691&search


Snakes - Plant Management in Florida Waters
Snakes lack limbs, eyelids, and external ear openings. They are covered with scales and regulary shed their skin as they continuously grow throughout their ...

aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/guide/snakes.html

Snake FAQ

Do snakes have eyelids? No. They have a protective layer over their eyes that shed when snakes shed their skin. Are Anacondas good pets? ...

www.geocities.com/shavano08/faq.html


Myths vs Fact

Snakes lack eyelids and thus their unblinking stare has given rise to this particular legend. Sometimes small prey animals will freeze from fear when ...

www.seanthomas.net/oldsite/myths.html



Snakes lack eyelids. A snake's eyes are protected by a specialize clear scale called a brille. The brille is shed with the rest of the skin as a snake grows ...

www.wnyherp.org/herp-information/reptile/snake.php
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Google returns over 200K cites for snakes and eyelids, most of which say snakes lack eyelids. A few make the mistake of calling the brill or brille an eyelid. It is a "spectacle" that
is part of the skin. Even if snakes had muscles which move the eyelids in other veretbrates, they don't since they do not have eyelids.

 
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Kotatsu said:
While they are rarely as hazardous to your health as tarantulas and snakes, transporting plants across the world is also a common way to introduce oligochaeta into new areas. For example, my supervisor at Uni discovered a hitherto unnamed Achaeta species in a greenhouse last autumn. Supposedly, the species is native to El Salvador, but the only known individual comes from Sweden. Only this week, I most likely discovered the first Biwadrilus outside Japan ever (as far as my supervisor and I are aware).
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Congratulations. That is quite a find. Did you find it in produce or was it
in the ground?

..... as glamorous as snakes and tarantulas, and never figure in the press (although the first Haplotaxis found in Sweden made a two-page article in a national science magazine).
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Was it a Swedish national science magazine?
 
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=eyelid

eye·lid n.
Either of two folds of skin and muscle that can be closed over the exposed portion of the eyeball. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye



It seems that an eyelid has to move.

plus I think a herpetological society would know better than us.

Snakes lack eyelids. A snake's eyes are protected by a specialize clear scale called a brille. The brille is shed with the rest of the skin as a snake grows ...

www.wnyherp.org/herp-information/reptile/snake.php

plus look at what "Digger Doug" has to say!

http://www.discoverymagazine.com/digger/d92dd/d9211dda.html

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Sans, Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Why do copperhead snakes have scales over their eyes? — Michael of Croton-on-Hudson, NY[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Sans, Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Dear Michael,[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Sans, Helvetica][SIZE=-1]All snakes have scales over their eyes. They need these scales for protection, since they don't have eyelids. At certain times, however, a snake's eyes become cloudy. Do you know why?[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Sans, Helvetica][SIZE=-1]As a snake grows, its skin doesn't. It must shed its old skin; this is called "molting." A snake's skin is in one piece — like a glove that covers its body from head to tail. Before molting, a new layer of skin forms beneath the old one. Then a liquid spreads between the old and new skin which helps separate them. This liquid causes the snake's eyes to become cloudy. When the old skin comes off, its eyes clear up again.[/SIZE][/FONT]

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The answer is still that snakes aren't found in broccoli, but on motherf***ing planes.
 
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