Splat! Why Some Snakes Are Easy Roadkill
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 10:20
in Biology & Nature
Concrete roads may help cars go fast, but they slow down snakes, new research finds. A speed test for the northern pine snake shows that it takes the snakes 2 minutes to cross a two-lane concrete road, versus 45 seconds on a sandy area of the same length.