A Western Shovel-Nosed Snake Moves through a Force-Sensitive Set of Rubber Pegs (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A Western Shovel-Nosed Snake Moves through a Force-Sensitive Set of Rubber Pegs

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A Western Shovel-nosed snake moves through a force-sensitive set of rubber pegs. The pegs altered the direction of the snakes' travel, but didn't vary the waveform they used to move.

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Image courtesy of Allison Carter (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta).

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