Some snake species slither across the ground, while others climb trees, dive through sand or glide across water. Today, scientists report that the surface. Weba slithering snake gets a leg up from its scales, which provide much needed friction when moving forward, scientists report online june 8 in the proceedings of the. Webthe only person he could trust was a snake that slithered into his cell, a small white serpent named kaburamaru. Eventually, iguro managed to escape, with. Webresearch show that the arrangement of its scales and placing of its weight are key to the movement. The secrets of how snakes slither across smooth surfaces. Websecret to slithering is in the scales. How do snakes slither on smooth surfaces? Mechanical engineer david hu, of georgia tech, filmed snakes slithering up. The secrets of how snakes slither across smooth surfaces have finally been pinned down by animal locomotion experts. Webas the wave travels backwards through its body, the snake's scales catch the ground, generating a frictional force that propels it forward. Using video of the. Webthe surface chemistry of snake scales has revealed that they are not just structured for slithering, but covered in lipids for that extra slither.
