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The researchers pinpointed similarities and differences between the studied species, allowing them to construct a revealing family tree outlining their evolution. The earliest snake ancestor was believed to have been a nocturnal animal that targeted soft-bodied vertebrate and had tiny back "legs." Most ancestral reptiles are believed to have hunted during the day,ajax trikot fischer, so this species is believed to have been an anomaly. The ancient snake most likely transitioned into a diurnal (day time) lifestyle between 45 and 50 million years ago when the Colubroidea emerged,bayer leverkusen trikot lg, which is the family of snakes that make up over 85 percent of the species alive today.
The study suggests the impressive success of snakes throughout history is a result of their skills as "dispersers." Snakes can travel ranges up to 110,trikots der englischen liga,000 square kilometers,fc bayern m��nchen trikot g��nstig kaufen, which is an area about 4.5 time larger than what can be accomplished by lizards. They can also move through environments that are generally not hospitable to dispersal, such as aquatic habitats.
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