Scientists Discover Color-Shifting Snake In Borneo - Reuters

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GENEVA - Biologists working in the forests of Borneo have found a previously unknown type of snake which can change its colour spontaneously like a chameleon, the environmental body WWF said on Tuesday.

The poisonous snake, about half a metre (half a yard) long, was discovered in the wetlands and swamp forests of Betung National Park in the Indonesian part of the island, which is also shared by Malaysia and Brunei.

When picked up and put in a bucket, it was reddish-brown but later changed its colour to white, apparently in an automatic reaction to blend in with surroundings, according to the WWF.

The biologists named the serpent, two specimens of which were recovered, the Kapuas Mud Snake after the river that flows through the region.

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[xchrom]

1. wow! that is amazing!

[Dead_Parrot]

2. Extinct in 10... 9... 8...nt

[dcfirefighter]

3. What a squandered opportunity....

to come up with a really cool name: a color-shifting venemous serpent, and they named the Kapuas Mud Snake?

[Dogmudgeon]

4. How about one of these

Did somebody say "color-shifting mud-dwelling venomous serpent"?

Bushmaster

Bushbastard

Liethon (or maybe "Lython")

Coultersnake

Chickenhawksnake

Rikki-Tikki-Cheney (Wait, wrong critter.)

Slime-Dwelling Elephant Viper

Swift Boat Snakes For The "Truth"

--p!

[kitkatrose]

5. Actually, Bushmaster is already taken.

Very venomous.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Don't we already have those in Congress ? nt