A bifurcated forceps (10, 110, 210), comprising mutually opposed first and second arms (12a, 12b), each of the arms being an elongate, wide, thin, flexible sheet of material having a proximal end portion (14a, 14b) permanently affixed to the proximal end portion of the opposite arm along the entirety of the proximal end portions, the arms (12a, 12b) being compressible towards each other and resiliently returning to their original position when released, each of the distal portions (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b) having: a first side (24a, 24b) and a second side (26a, 26b) opposite the first side; an elongate first tine (34a, 34b) extending from the first side (24a, 24b) of each of the distal portions (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b); an elongate second tine (36a, 36b) extending from the second side (26a, 26b) of each of the distal portions (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b), the second tines being separated laterally from the corresponding first tines so that each of the distal portions has a pair of tines, the pairs of tines (34a, 34b, 36a, 36b) having mutually facing gripping surfaces having a plurality of serrations; whereby the forceps (10, 110, 210) is adapted for simultaneously gripping an elongate object at two different locations between the two pairs of spaced apart tines (34a, 34b, 36a, 36b); characterized in that, each of the arms (12a, 12b) has an intermediate portion (16a, 16b) and a distal portion (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b), the intermediate portions (16a, 16b) diverging angularly from one another from their mutually attached proximal end portions (14a, 14b) toward their distal portions (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b), the distal portions being spaced apart from one another and parallel to one another, when the forceps is in its relaxed, uncompressed state; and the two pairs of spaced apart tines (34a, 34b, 36a, 36b) are at an offset laterally from the arms (12a, 12b). a first side (24a, 24b) and a second side (26a, 26b) opposite the first side; an elongate first tine (34a, 34b) extending from the first side (24a, 24b) of each of the distal portions (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b); an elongate second tine (36a, 36b) extending from the second side (26a, 26b) of each of the distal portions (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b), the second tines being separated laterally from the corresponding first tines so that each of the distal portions has a pair of tines, the pairs of tines (34a, 34b, 36a, 36b) having mutually facing gripping surfaces having a plurality of serrations; whereby the forceps (10, 110, 210) is adapted for simultaneously gripping an elongate object at two different locations between the two pairs of spaced apart tines (34a, 34b, 36a, 36b); characterized in that, each of the arms (12a, 12b) has an intermediate portion (16a, 16b) and a distal portion (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b), the intermediate portions (16a, 16b) diverging angularly from one another from their mutually attached proximal end portions (14a, 14b) toward their distal portions (18a, 18b, 118a, 118b), the distal portions being spaced apart from one another and parallel to one another, when the forceps is in its relaxed, uncompressed state; and the two pairs of spaced apart tines (34a, 34b, 36a, 36b) are at an offset laterally from the arms (12a, 12b).