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Dorsal view videos of selected snake species moving on level and inclined sand. When inclined, uphill is to the right.

Surprising simplicities and syntheses in limbless self-propulsion in sand

Henry C. Astley, Joseph R. Mendelson, Jin Dai, Chaohui Gong, Baxi Chong, Jennifer M. Rieser, Perrin E. Schiebel, Sarah S. Sharpe, Ross L. Hatton, Howie Choset, and Daniel I. Goldman

Journal of Experimental Biology 2020. 223:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.103564

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