Snakes Found a New Way to Slither

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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