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HylicManoeuvre @mander.xyz

4mo ago

TIL about the five modes of snake movement: concertina, serpentine, sidewinding, rectilinear and slide-pushing

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Snake locomotion

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We have a very active king snake, and they're super interesting to watch move around
Found a really interesting film on these kinds of movement:
https://youtu.be/W9MU2oXzSL4
Great bit of unusable knowledge. I love it
- My favorite kind
The ONE time I want to learn something with video instead of text
- do I have a zefrank for YOU: https://youtu.be/zFNnx4UgkNI
  
  Oh hell yeah
But what about terrestrial carnivore movement?!? /s :P
- The 4 major types: ambling, scrambling, bambiing, and manbling
- Boy do I have a post for you!
I knew a guy that was a side winder. A dirty one.
Those should like 3d printer support or infill types.
@HylicManoeuvre And there is tree climbing
- Damn, will I have to make another post?!

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