This study of snake locomotion opens by showing the typical four-legged method of locomotion of animals and how it is related to the serpentine motion of the snake. Described in detail are the serpentine motion, employed by all snakes; the caterpillar motion used by some such as the Reticulated Python and the Puff Adder; the side-winding motion used chiefly by heaby-bodied desert snakes, and the hitch-and-hike or concertina method used by some snakes in climbing trees.
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ACMI Identifier
006434
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animal locomotion
Animals & Wildlife → Zoology - Study and teaching
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Zoology - Study and teaching
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Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)