Posts Tagged ‘snakes’
Snake-like robot slithers to the rescue
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Researchers have used the way snakes move as inspiration for machines that could conduct energy-efficient rescue missions. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 14:11 - 0 Comments
Fatty acids give pythons big, strong hearts
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Fatty acids in the blood of feeding pythons promote heart growth, a finding that may have implications for human heart disease. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 19, 2011 10:22 - 0 Comments
Big croc shared river with 42-foot snake
U. FLORIDA (US) — A new 20-foot extinct crocodile species discovered in the same Colombian coal mine may have given Titanoboa, the world’s largest snake, a run for its money. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 3, 2010 11:13 - 1 Comment
Snake caught in the sauropod-eating act
U. MICHIGAN (US)—The remains of an extraordinary fossil unearthed in 67-million-year-old sediments from Gujarat in western India provide a rare glimpse at an unusual feeding behavior in ancient snakes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 23, 2009 9:25 - 0 Comments
Sneaky snake fakes out fish prey
VANDERBILT (US)—The tentacled water snake from southeast Asia has found a way to startle its prey so that the fish turn toward the snake’s head to flee instead of turning away. The fish’s reaction is so predictable that the snake aims its strike at the position where the fish’s head will be instead of tracking its actual movement. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 8:58 - 0 Comments
Slithery science of snake movement
How does an animal move without legs? Animals without legs tend to be long and slender, such as the corn snake above. This allows them to squeeze into spaces under branches and leaves. To move along flat ground, snakes use a variety of limbless “gaits,” analogous to those of the horse, such as the walk, trot, and gallop.
