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2. Rectilinear locomotion - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Concertina movement - Wikipedia

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   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]

4. Sidewinding - Wikipedia

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   Sidewinding is a type of locomotion unique to snakes, used to move across loose or slippery substrates. It is most often used by the Saharan horned viper, Cerastes cerastes , the Mojave sidewinder rattlesnake , Crotalus cerastes , and the Namib desert sidewinding adder, Bitis peringueyi , to move across loose desert sands, and also by ...

5. Snake - Wikipedia

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   Most often employed by colubroid snakes (colubrids, elapids, and vipers) when the snake must move in an environment that lacks irregularities to push against (rendering lateral undulation impossible), such as a slick mud flat, or a sand dune, sidewinding is a modified form of lateral undulation in which all of the body segments oriented in one ...

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7. Bullsnake - Wikipedia

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   Possibly being the largest subspecies of gopher snake on average, mature specimens can have an average weight in the range of 1–1.5 kg (2.2–3.3 lb), though the heavier known specimens can attain 3.6–4.5 kg (7.9–9.9 lb), with larger specimens being quite bulky for a colubrid snake.

8. Are there benefits to having snakes around? Here's what ... - AOL

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   Copperhead “There's only one venomous snake that's really common in suburban areas,” said Sollenberger. And that's the copperhead. They can grow up to 4 feet long.

9. Snakes showing up in your dreams? That's not actually a ... - AOL

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   Snakes in dreams also indicate it may be time to make a swift move. Snakes shed their skin in one go. If you dream of a snake in this manner, it may symbolize that you need to shed a pattern ...