Snakes Found a New Way to Slither

Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by xwdv on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:54AM (#25759042)

I wonder if snakes will ever figure out they could live inside a shell, coiling up most of their body inside it and using what is outside to slither along, retracting fully inside when there’s danger.

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by blamazon on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @02:00AM (#25759075)

I like whatever you're smoking. I suggest we secure some grant money and lab space to find out.

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by stephenr on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @02:21AM (#25759199)

Why settle for lab space, I suggest a space lab.

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by thomasqm on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:17AM (#25761086)

space lab space

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by pvaldes on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:49AM (#25774323)

We would end with a (probably) very confused snake floating around

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by stephenr on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:20AM (#25761108)

So, lab space in a space lab?

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by thih9 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @04:22AM (#25759888)

That would impact mobility. Perhaps they prefer static shells (rocks, caves) or invisible shells (camouflage).

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by pdevr on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @02:02AM (#25759094)

That's some original thought there. Did you think of tortoise? Or snail? Or was it just a random thought?

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by xwdv on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:50AM (#25763493)

A random thought.

Snakes could also carry around random objects by coiling their bodies around them and then slithering along, dragging the object with them. They could for instance do this with rocks, carrying them around and stacking them up in piles to form complex structures.

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by kamranjon on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:45AM (#25761864)

https://youtu.be/Y2EboVOcikI

Octopuses do this - but I'm not sure the raw materials for that sort of adaptation exist in the same environments snakes live in.

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Re:Snakes Found a New Way to Slither by pvaldes on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:46AM (#25774288)

First it was 'snakes in a plane', now 'snakes in a cylinder'...

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