Hedge's has announced the discovery of the world's smallest snake, Leptotyphlops carlae, which grows to only four inches long.

Commonly known as the Barbados Thread Snake

The snake is blind and lays a single, skinny egg which takes up the majority of the mother's body.

The babies are born to half the size of the adult and are as thin as spaghetti.

The Barbados Thread Snake is perfectly suited for hiding in human hair and entering human orifices while you sleep.