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Meet the Bizarre 'Worm Lizard' That Lives Underground!

Photo: Ian Talmacs / Unsplash
Scientists have just discovered amazing new secrets about amphisbaenians [pronounced am-fis-bee-nee-uns], which are mysterious creatures that look like a mix between a giant worm and a snake. These master diggers spend their whole lives tunnelled deep inside the earth, using their incredibly strong heads like tiny bulldozers to push through the dirt. Would you want one of these wiggly burrowers as a subterranean backyard pet?
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