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The snake strikes at its prey and holds on, pulling the prey into its coils or, in the case of very large prey, pulling itself onto the prey. The snake then wraps one or two loops around the prey, forming a constriction coil. The snake monitors the prey's heartbeat to ascertain it is dead.
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]
Paradise tree snake or paradise flying snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) is a species of colubrid snake found in Southeast Asia. It can, like all species of its genus Chrysopelea , glide by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs.
These massive snakes thrive in tropical rainforests, swamps, marshes, and slow-moving rivers, where they can easily hunt and hide. The Green Anaconda is the largest and most well-known species and ...
Birds of prey are able to drop down on unsuspecting snakes and snatch them up into the air in a split second! Watch this exciting video to learn which animals possess the skills needed to ...
Seeing a bug fall onto you while sitting in the driver's seat is pretty scary, but this woman got a horrifying scaly surprise.
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 ...
The orange-eyed snake, which has an unusually smelly defense mechanism, is one of five new species discovered in the jungle canopy. ‘Drop-dead gorgeous’ new snake in South America named after ...