We're not sure we'd like to stumble upon this strange creature while on holiday in the Amazon, but a new type of snake has been discovered in Brazil - and it looks like a penis!

According to The Sun, biologists came across the Atretochoana eiselti, which they've dubbed the 'floppy snake' while examining a hydroelectric dam on a river in the Amazon.

The creature, which resembles a male manhood, is eyeless and from a family of 'blind snake' closely related to the salamander.

Six of the snakes were found living at the bottom of the Madeira River in the northern state of Rondonia in Brazil.

Julian Tupan, a biologist for the Santo Antonio Energy company which is building the dam, told Brazil's Estadao website: 'Of the six we collected, one died, three were released back into the wild and another two were kept for studies.

Tupan said that very little is known about the lungless and limbless amphibians.

He said: 'Despite looking like snakes, they aren't reptiles and are more closely related to salamanders and frogs.

'We think the animal breathes through its skin, and probably feeds on small fish and worms, but there is still nothing proven.

He added: 'The Amazon is a box of surprises when it comes to reptiles and amphibians. There are still much more to be discovered.'

The creatures were discovered last November when a stretch of the Madeira River was being drained but they were only made known to the public yesterday after their genus was finally confirmed.


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Can't recover from this laugh.

Speechless

looks blind as well. cant be as dangerous. does it bite?

scary!

Very scary

kiki love: Very scary

That's the word!

incredibly funny and scary!...wait, is this 4 real?

are you sure this isn't what i think it is?

Real......

Looks like plastic e dey bite ni? There are many species around the amazon that we dont knw about..

Discoveries!
I dont think it bites!

Discoveries!
I dont think it bites, maybe spews!

And some people will say there is nobody that created this things.Hmm

It s not a snake, but another new class of reptiles.

Hey, dorks. Now you know what a joystick looks like.

Ewww!!!! Looks real yucky

K

When will they discover a spider that looks like p.ussi

wahala dey

THE SNAKE LOOKS LIKE DICK....LOL

Oh boy....laughter no gree me type ooo....this thing look like real joystick ooo...lol

the thing be like Burah magana

Could this be D'banj's ANACONDA he's always boasting about in his songs?

Poster what is the meaning of joystick :-) funny ppl dey nairaland oo

di.ck-like reptile God really do tinz wo

hmmmmm...

WEIRD!

this is awesome! If I ever find a woman this beautiful I'd marry her. . .in a heart-beat! What a creature!

It looks like a snake but isn't a snake obviously!