As adults, these large snakes are better known for their slow, lumbering gait, but the researchers discovered that young ...

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In describing the S-start, Mahadevan’s team helped correct misconceptions about the better-known sidewinding – the continuous, sideways motion snakes use to slide down sandy hills. In their analysis ...

The motion of snakes has long fascinated humans: they undulate, they sidewind, they crawl, they even fly. Together with herpetologists, researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering ...

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