Giant worm-like creature with spoon-shaped FANGS discovered in the Brazilian rainforest is the first known ...
(World News Science)

A species of fanged `worm` that looks like something from a horror movie is the first known amphibian with toxic dental glands, scientists say. US and Brazilian biologists found oral glands in ringed caecilians – serpent-like amphibians related to frogs and salamanders that reach up to 17 inches long. Researchers already knew that caecilians have poisonous tails and emit a mucous-like lubricant that enables them to quickly dive underground to escape predators. But they`ve now found tiny fluid-filled oral glands in the upper and lower jaw of the ringed caecilians, which was discovered in Brazil, to incapacitate its prey. Despite having no limbs and only a mouth for hunting, caecilians...