Study Reveals How Snakes Slither on Flat Terrain
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 17:28
in Earth & Climate
Snakes use both friction generated by their scales and redistribution of their weight to slither along flat surfaces, researchers at New York University and Georgia Tech have found. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, run counter to previous studies that have shown snakes move by pushing laterally against rocks and branches.
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