Tentacled Snakes Born at National Zoo for First Time in Years
11:28 AM, Nov 8, 2012   |    comments   • Share   • Print   • -
A A A + Photo by Brittany Steff, Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
WASHINGTON (WUSA) - I've had some pretty weird dreams in my life
that feature encounters with beastly animals that strike fear
into my subconscious.  I generally wake up from those
nightmares, sometimes in a cold sweat, to realize that I won't
ever actually come across some kind of wild, reptilian creature
with tentacles in Washington, D.C..  That theory, though, is no
longer accurate, because reptilian creatures with tentacles have
been born at the National Zoo.  Eight tentacled snakes were born
on October 21, according to Zoo officials, to parents that
haven't been able to spawn viable offspring in years.  The Zoo
described the tentacled snakes in a press release as being
"aquatic" and "ambush hunters".  "They use their tails to anchor
themselves and wait underwater for their prey," the Zoo said in
the press release. "The