Four-legged snake fossil found

CNN has an interesting video about a 110-million-year-old snake fossil.  The was discovered in Brazil and dates to the Cretaceous period.  Its most interesting feature… the snake had 4 legs!  Scientists hope it sheds light on how and why snakes lost their legs.

 

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