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The net cost of transport (NCT), which indicates the amount of energy required to move a unit of mass a given distance, for a snake moving with a lateral undulatory gait is identical to that of a limbed lizard with the same mass. However, a snake utilizing concertina locomotion produces a much higher net cost of transport, while sidewinding ...
Sidewinding in a newborn sidewinder rattlesnake. Yellow regions are lifted above the sand and in motion at the time of the photo, while green regions are in static contact with the sand. Blue denotes tracks. Scale imprints are visible in the tracks, showing that the snake's body is static during ground contact. Tracks of a sidewinder in the sand.
Rectilinear locomotion relies upon two opposing muscles, the costocutaneous inferior and superior, which are present on every rib and connect the ribs to the skin. [5] [6] Although it was originally believed that the ribs moved in a "walking" pattern during rectilinear movement, studies have shown that the ribs themselves do not move, only the muscles and the skin move to produce forward ...
Finally the caenophidian snakes use the fast and unusual method of movement known as sidewinding on sand or loose soil. The snake cycles through throwing the front part of its body in the direction of motion and bringing the back part of its body into line crosswise.
Concertina movement is the method by which a snake or other organism anchors itself with sections of itself and pulls or pushes with other sections to move in the direction it wants to go. To spring forward a snake may require a rough surface to thrust back against. [1] [2] It is named after the concertina musical instrument. [citation needed]
Dogs walk sideways (also known as ‘sidewalking’, ‘sidewinding’, and ‘crabbing’) for a number of reasons that we’ll cover in a minute. But before we go into the medical reasons your ...
Sidewinding, a form of locomotion used by some snakes Bitis peringueyi or sidewinding adder, a venomous adder species found in Namibia and southern Angola Cerastes cerastes or Saharan horned viper, a venomous pit viper found in northern Africa and parts of the Middle East
The function of these folds is to permit the circumference of the snake to increase, allowing prey to pass into the stomach during feeling. [10] Snakes differ from eels in the direction in which the skin is stiffer, the dorsal scale rows are more flexible in snake than in eels because the dorsal scale row associated with stretching. [10]