Everyone lovesPlanet Earth II , a soar documentary that has just part airing on the BBC . From dizzy , sluggish sloth to seeing David Attenborough wax lyrically about life sentence from a hot aviation balloon , it contains everything viewers learned to love from its prequel , which transmit about ten class ago .

The standout chronological succession from the first instalment was , indubitably , the chase scene between themarine iguana hatchlingsand the automobile driver snakes . As a result of this thrilling   – and slightly traumatizing – successiveness , many citizenry today really are n’t the world ’s bountiful lover ofsnakes . However , a brand name new clip from the BBC ’s Natural History Unit may make you change your psyche .

Rare footage has been captured of one of theworld ’s belittled snakes , which has been described by the BBC as “ slim as spaghetti and shorter than a pencil . ” Filmed on the Caribbean Island of Martinique , the 10 - cm - long ( 3.9 in ) thread snake in the grass spends much of its time beneath the ground hiding from harm – understandable , given its ludicrously small size .

challenger for food for thought on this island is fabulously fierce , and larger beasts run down large animals for nutrition . This little ophidian would never be able to keep up with these sizeable critters , but fortunately , there is an abundant food seed that is just right for its sizing : ants and termite .

sneak into one of their nest this athirst predator bolt plenty of them up in irregular . It tends to go after the eggs and larvae , which , of course , have no mean value of defend themselves . Unless you ’re a particularly ardent sports fan of ants or termites , then it ’s hard not to agree that this little slithering snake is ridiculously cute .

There ’s a well probability that the Martinique thread snake is actually the   smallest serpent in the world . Just recently , this was thought to be the Barbados train of thought snake , a tightlipped evolutionary cousin , which can fit onto an American penny when hand-build up .

get footage of such a little monster is improbably hard , to say the least . The fact that they have is a testament to the hard piece of work and inscription of the BBC ’s Natural History Unit .

witness can catch the next episode,“Mountains,”on BBC One on November 13 .

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