In 1992, Australian ecologist Adrian Borsboom lifted a rock near Warrill View, outside Brisbane, expecting little more than another routine wildlife find. Instead, he uncovered a tiny, pale-pink creature that looked remarkably like a worm. A closer inspection revealed smooth scales, a forked tongue and a distinctly unpleasant smell signs that this was no worm, but a blind snake unlike anything held at the Queensland Museum. The discovery became the first and only recorded sighting of the Fassifern blind snake. More than three decades later, scientists have searched for another, but the elusive reptile has never been found again, leaving its fate uncertain.
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