WTH's a Caecilian?

Hey, what’s a caecilian? No, not SIcilians, CAEcilians. The little worm-snake-eel, skin-eating creatures endemic to rainforests everywhere? Never heard of them? Well, here’s your chance!

Wikipedia Articles for the animals with you want to learn more about them:

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[alicaljungberg]

To be honest, from what I saw when I was in Sicily, most Sicilians also moisturize themselves daily in the sea, so probably also amphibians.

[lucamortola]

I'm a sicilian guy and I want to thank you because with your divulgation they'll finally stop calling us eels.

[omarfejzic]

"it's a cicilian, one of the most interesting creatures around"
Ah the rare Italian subspecies.

[benjaminwilliams]

Subtitles are givng me 'Sicilians, ' can't stop laughing.

"There are over 100 species of Sicilian, with probably more yet to be discovered."

[MrActionproductions]

A few species of these used to be pretty common in the aquarium trade under the name Rubber eel. More of a frog snake than an eel but I used to keep some as pets and always found them very creepy. The Tipping Point was when one of mine got out of its tank and I found it dead wrapped around my bedpost. Yeah I've kept my distance ever since

[johnlopez]

This is 100% accurate, I once saw my Sicilian GF digging in her garden, using no tools but her head

[alexojideagu]

"The majority of Sicilians don't lay eggs"


You haven't met my mother in Law.

[numberpirate]

The make good spaghetti, those Sicilians.

[sagatuppercut]

When I was a kid, I loved reading encyclopedia articles about animals. At the time, I was familiar with legless lizards. Thank you for showing me something new!

[greatestaxolotl]

The axolotl was once unknown, but now with minecraft my type has been spread to the minds of many human children

[ratatad]

I remember finding one of those guys as a kid. People call them "blind snake". Pretty cool animal.

[RandallFrequentFlyerFlagg]

I’ll have a Sicilian sometimes when I’m not in the mood for a regular slice of pizza... wait, what are we talking about?

[jp_ndo]

I’m from Brazil, and I’ve seen one myself as kid, as they sometimes got into people’s gardens
We call them Cobra-Cegas(Blind-Snakes), and I never expected to find a video about them from a non South American person.Good job!

[brianbelden]

This might be THE BEST YouTube video ever made by mistake.

[xPandamon]

I haven't heard about Caecilians for a while, but I add Bipes to the list of mostly unpopular snake like creatures. They're also fairly unknown, the Bipes variety is so cute ☺️

[spiderdude]

Velvet worms are really cool. They’re their own order of animal and really weird. Many of them can shoot sticky mucus as a defense mechanism.

[Lesopal]

"suprisingly slim amount of people know about emus" as an Aussie who speaks to Americans on a daily basis online, that is mostly true.

[themediaangel]

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most well known is "never got involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly lesser known is this: "Never go against a Caecilian when death is on the line"!

[loststylus]

I heard of the caecilian when I was super young but never knew how to spell it to learn more about it, thank you for reopening this lost knowledge for me!

[tramenari]

OMG!!! I've been searching for this my whole life!!!! When I was like 7 years old I was digging a hole in my backyard in Chicago with some plastic beach shovels and I saw this HUGE earthworm squirming through the ground. I was 7. Needless to say, my mind was blown... I told my parents and of course they just brushed it off. I was so mad because they wouldn't believe me. I asked my science teacher at school and she basically told me to stop lying. I knew I wasn't crazy and now I know it wasn't an earthworm. Thank you.