Moving across sand is quite challenging for bipedal creatures like us, but other animals have their ways. Photographer Paul Lennart Schmid caught this snake on the move, with impressions of Keep reading
Tag: snakes
Sniffing in Stereo
Snakes’ forked tongues have long inspired fear, but, in reality, they are part of a highly-effective sensory system. When snakes flick out their tongues, they waggle them up and down Keep reading
Rattlesnakes Sip Rain From Their Scales
Getting enough water in arid climates can be tough, but Western diamondback rattlesnakes have a secret weapon: their scales. During rain, sleet, and even snow, these rattlesnakes venture out of Keep reading
Underwater Snakes, Gusty Flying, and Microswimmers
If you like your fluid dynamics with a healthy dose of biology, this video’s for you! Learn about the hydrodynamics of snake strikes, how birds fly in gusty crosswinds, and Keep reading
Fluids Round-Up
Time for another fluids round-up! Here are some of the best fluids-related links I’ve seen around: – Above The Brain Scoop tells us about beetles that spend their whole lives Keep reading
Swimming Through Sand
Shovel-nosed snakes and sandfish lizards both swim through granular materials like sand. Researchers at Georgia Tech used x-rays to observe their subsurface motions. Despite their different shapes, the long, slender snake and the shorter, wider lizard both move Keep reading
Venom Properties
Most venomous snakes deliver venom to their prey via grooves in their fangs, rather than through a pressurized bolus through hollow fangs. New research shows that these venoms are shear-thinning Keep reading
Flying Snakes Draft off Themselves
Some snakes in Southeast and South Asia are known to glide some 100 m between trees. Researchers filmed snakes, constructed computational models of their flights, and tested plastic models in Keep reading