even prehistoric fossil legs?
2006-09-19 15:50:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
yes, some of the snake species still possess vestigeal hind limbs. one such species is the PYTHONS. lizards do hav both the limbs and we hav found many missing links btw snakes and them. as time passed liz got evolved into the limbless reptiles of today called the SNAKES.
2006-09-19 18:32:33 · answer #1 · answered by chinnu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you question is not clear, but I get it. By definition, snakes don't have legs. But you are asking about evolution. It this case, it would be supposition to say that a fossil was a snake with legs, since if it had legs, it would not be a snake.
There are legless lizards. The skull is that of a lizard but the legs have shrunk away. This is a logical reason to think that snake ancestors might have done the same. But there is not proof of it.
This is related to the question 'which came first the chicken or the egg.'
;-D Maybe a snake mated with a lizard and they had legless lizard offspring.
2006-09-19 16:13:20 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All snakes used to have legs, as a matter of fact they used to run up & down the beach while the amoeba was evolving into people. Then one day their legs fell off & they started complaining to each other 'like, Man my belly is gettin' sore I"ll be glad when my legs evolve back on.
2006-09-19 17:05:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.Snake fossils offer a great example of evolution,as we have found several missing links between lizards and snakes,with leg length gradually growing shorter.
2006-09-19 15:59:02 · answer #4 · answered by That one guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I read an article on CNN a long time ago and they showed a picture of what they believed to be an ancestor of the present snake, and let me tell you, it didn't have legs. It looked like a giant catipillar with spikes.
2006-09-19 16:01:49 · answer #5 · answered by adrianchemistry 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes a few species of snakes have vestigal legs.
Some wales as well
2006-09-19 15:57:37 · answer #6 · answered by slatibartfast 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe before there were snakes, there were lizards that evolved into snakes
2006-09-19 15:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes they did...and some pythons still have some vestigal legs...along with whales.
2006-09-19 17:10:21 · answer #8 · answered by Shaun 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In genisis it say they did until they tricked eve into eating the fruit. Then god cursed them with no legs. that what the bible says. and thats what i think.
2006-09-19 15:59:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they did
2006-09-19 16:04:54 · answer #10 · answered by Richie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋