It's pretty interesting. I've heard the sideways motion is used a lot in desert enviroments as the sand gets hot and the best way to touch the ground without burning the skin is with that motion
Additional method of movement: The Leap of Faith. Step 1: Be a snek Step 2: Move to the edge of the desk or shelf you are exploring Step 3: Decide that you just have to get to that window sill/shelf/chair/wall over there no matter what Step 4: Stretch several times as far as possible (wrapping your tail around an item that will not hold your weight is optional but recommended) and fail to reach the Golden Land Step 5: Yeet yourself off the safe ground (bonus points if you drag that item your tail is still wrapped around comes with you) Step 6: Trust that 1-2 hand-shaped platforms will appear just in time to catch you while also serving as must the bridge you needed to get to the Golden Land Final Step: Once you get there, look utterly confused because you don't know the area and have no idea how you got here
Fun Fact: A concertina is actually an instrument! It's a larger, more boxy version of an accordian, and it's the instrument Kass from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild plays!
They're usually smaller, at least from those I've seen. Then again it depends on the size of the accordion. And I love Kass. I imagine he'll be in the sequel as I can't imagine it without him.
@@SnakeDiscovery I remember the short you're talking about, but I think it's just an accordian, because it has a rounder shape and is smaller! I could be wrong, though, as I'm getting this from a rather distant memory! EDIT: I found it! It's called "One Man Band". It's definitely an accordian, because concertinas have small buttons, and can only play one note at a time, while accordions have piano keys and can play multiple notes at once. 🙂
This was the most comprehensive explanation of how snakes move that I’ve ever heard, including a podcast segment from NPR!! Thanks for this easy to understand video!
Can you do a video talking about the “flying snakes”? I’ve heard a lot of people freaking out about them and I would like to know more about them! Y’all are awesome! Thank you for doing what you do! 😊😊😊
I think I saw a video on this! If I remember correctly, what they do is flatten out their bodies when jumping off the trees, so that their bodies basically act as hangliders would for us and they are able to glide downward.
Me 3 years ago: No, I hate snakes they're slimy, scarey and gross!! Me today: Yay! New snake discovery video, I gotta grab my precious lil noodle out and watch it together!!
Aw this is so informative! My tiny noodle, Pudding, is 8 months old and my first snake, and I always referred to their movement as the caterpillar dance. Concertina locomotion is the perfect terminology for it, it describes it so well ☺️
It just hit me how important and valuable what you are doing is. I’ve been watching out of casual interest with some ‘oh that’s cool’ moments, but I didn’t even think of how exciting this would be to a small child with that complete fascination of snakes, especially one whose family may not have the financial ability to purchase enough new snake books to satisfy their curiosity. On behalf of all the snake-fixated little kiddos out there who may not be allowed to comment on a video, thanks!
We have two boys and our first one moves with rectilinear most often, and our new boy moves with concertina most often. It's crazy that we're still learning such basic things about animals!
I feel like ppl just dismiss reptiles a lot, or are more interested in dinosaurs. Like I tell ppl reptiles can play, learn target training, and even learn how to use foraging toys and even some ppl who own snakes are like "nO tHeY Don'T." I also think there's more to mbd, and reptile health in general. So many times I've seen ppl say "well the necropsy showed it wasn't the infection, but weak immune system" and reptiles have GREAT immune systems, so what gives?
Even though it’s venomous, the Gaboon Viper is one of my favorite snakes.They have this incredibly beautiful pattern going down their back. I do feel bad for venomous snakes because they’re really just misunderstood. They’re often seen as evil, and killed out of fear. I don’t know why I find such fascination in snakes, because my mom is one of those people that is absolutely terrified of them.
yea my mom said she is fine with snakes in our yard unless they are venomous and has killed snakes before for no reason other than existing and because she thought they were venomous (they were not, in fact, venomous) even though it is illegal to kill native snake species where I live (venomous or not)
@@elysedaugherty5197 One of the best things every person can do is looking up what species of snake in their state is venomous and then get familiar with how they look like, where they tend to stay, and exactly how dangerous they are. Makes it easy to stop wrongly identifying species.
I did my physics capstone on snake locomotion! I referenced a paper which found that snakes “diffract” when they encounter obstacles, and their paths looked just like those of photons interacting with a diffraction grating! It was super cool and there’s also some really interesting applications to robots and machine learning. Snakes are awesome.
That is such an awesome topic for a capstone!!!! So cool that you could combine an interest in snakes (I assume at least lol) with your major!! Sadly as a psychology major I couldn’t find a way to study reptiles in mine I’m jealous 😭
@@raeflagg8763 Study ophidiophobia. Handle a snake, and study how those with ophidiophobia react to it. Everyone reacts to fear or unease in different ways. Would certainly make for an interesting paper. 😁
I love how even though you have a large audience of children that you still use the “big” vocabulary! This high school science teacher loves how clearly you describe science terms in a way everyone can understand :)
You are a plethora of information. I have been working with reptiles for years and when I have a question I always tune in to you. Thank you for everything you do
Hello, the premiere just ended, and I am here. Tomorrow is gonna be annoying ( I dont live in America but know lots of people who do ) so I will just become more educated by snakes, thank you for making it possible for me to learn more ( but most of my family are afraid of snakes )
Y mom wont let ke have one :( they think its gonna kill me but how does my gecko not kill me?! THEIR BOTH REPTILES plus noodles are pretty byt.... *i love my geico su much :3*
@@cookie856 Theory: Snake used to have 4 legs like everything else. Then Spider came along and stole Snake's legs. That's why spiders have 8 legs, and snakes have none. XD
This is seriously the best channel on UA-cam ..... your videos are fun, interesting and so educational ..... I’m 53 and learn so so much from you , I love snakes but don’t own one so love seeing all yours and you make learning about them really fun ❤️❤️❤️. Thank you so much guys xxxx Tina
Fascinating! I was also surprised by just how recently rectilinear motion was studied and finally explained. It really goes to show you how even seemingly simple things may not be well understood!
Me: *calmly searching through yt for a video to watch* *taps on video* Emily: All of us wondered how snakes move without feet Me: *wonders how they move for first time in meh life*
Thank you so much for your continued content during this giant disaster of a situation. I've been binge watching your entire channel to distract myself from everything that's been going on, and it's been incredibly helpful. When I was a kid I would catch wild garter snakes (temporarily! I'd hold them for a little while and then let them go where I found them) and your channel has rekindled that interest in reptiles that I had when I was younger.
I love your videos!! You've inspired me to get my one snake, his name is Pretzel. I love him with all my heart and we watch your vids together. (Literally, he stares at the screen when there is a vid on it lol)!
I was reading something about the diversity of snake locomotory types from a textbook. I could hardly imagine how they work until "seeing" that in this clip. Very educative and I love it!!!
Sophieanne Jobes2020 well idk about the eyes, but I’m pretty sure the tongue is too sense movement nearby. If you asked why the tongue shape is a fork and not what it does, then idrk
snakes don't usually have completely black eyes, they have black pupils with varying colors of iris. There are a few morphs of different species that have black irises, such as black eyed leucistic ball pythons and Diablo hognose snakes. Snakes have forked tongues because it gives them a directional sense of smell. Each tip of the tongue collects scents from different directions, and allows snakes to tell in which direction a scent is stronger. There's a little more complicated information about the anatomy in that answer but that's the basic gist of it.
The forked tongue is to sense chemicals in the air one is to sense movement and the other is to sense if it prey or predator, the black eyes are supposedly to help them see higher than grass since they are small and they cant see above grass that is supposed to help them see what moving beyond the grass
I love how much I learn when I watch these videos and how the learning is shown in a humane and also passionate manner. You can really tell that she loves all her animals and that she loves teaching people about them.
Wow how did your channel blow up so quickly the last time I checked you were on 1.17 mil I’m so happy for you and I’m So glad i was here three years ago, don’t know why but being there gives me a sense of pride 😄
I came here after seeing someone claim that snakes have ball and socket joints on their ribs. They claimed that they rotate their ribs like legs on a millipede in order to move forward. That didn’t seem right to me, so I read more about it, but I really couldn’t visualize the different types of motion. It was so helpful to see it displayed, and I love the way that you explained things! This was the type of content I would’ve loved as a kid, and it was so refreshing. Keep it up!
All I can say is WOW 😍. I absolutely love how passionate you are about reptiles. You've helped me come to terms with and get over my extreme fear of snakes. Seriously. Months ago I came across your channel somehow, became intrigued, then fell in love with all your babies. Ed was the little guy who did it. I love animals so much and seeing a snake who'd survived so much and thrived just sorta burrowed into my heart. I was heartbroken when he passed . Thank you for taking so much time and putting so much effort into educating people like me, and everyone else of course. ♥️ Much love, K
!Please read off camera and say if you like my story on camera! To: Emily and Ed at Snake Discovery I recently got my first snake! Her name is Emi and she is a three month old tessera corn snake. I found your channel because I saw a video titled “My Alligator Picks out a New Toy at the Pet Store.” I watched it because I was interested. After I watched it I watched another and another. After a week or so of watching, I realised I wanted my own snake. So I searched your channel for a video for good beginner snakes. It did not take me long to find it: the video was called “The Top 5 BEST Beginner Snakes.” I watched it and it said the best one was a corn snake. Then I noticed my birthday was a month away. I asked my mom and dad if I could get one and they said yes. I scoured the internet for good websites to get snakes from. This took me nearly three weeks. I finally found a website called BigAppleHerp.com. My birthday was in six days but my parents let me order her early. After I got her I waited a few hours and then fed her. It took her a few tries to get the pinkie but she got it. I have had her for about three weeks now and she is all mine. This is a real story This was originally going to be a letter but i don't have a printer -From Asher
With the sidewinding I just flashed back to when I was a kid in grade school and a black snake sidewinded across from the bushes and it terrified me. Mainly because I don't think I'd ever _seen_ a snake before, but because the adults were scared of them, I was too. Now I love them! Thank you for all of your educational videos. You guys are so cool.
Natural fiber clothing (all cotton or linen, NO POLYESTER), loosely fitting, and light colors. (My parents wouldn't turn on the AC until it hit 100F in the house. And I used to do living history encampments.) And deodorant, not antipersperent. Sweat is there for a reason.
I lived in the Mojave Desert of CA for almost 20 years. The tracks of a sidewinder (seen more in the low desert) are unmistakable. Such motion keeps most of the snake's body off the hot sand where the surface temperature can be up to 134 degrees while the ambient air temperature hovers between 118 and 120 degrees. There's little humidity. It's still hot as the pit of Gehenna, though.
This video has such great timing for posting. Just a few days ago my retic was rectilinear-ly locomoting down the sidewalk and I was so confused. I assumed she was half millipede and that was how she was doing it
There is something so mesmerizing about snakes moving, especially if it's the serpentine locomotion. Thank you for this lovely and informational video!
Omg I remember that I once gave a VERY similar presentation on snake movement when I was volunteering at a zoo (my uni years)! I didn't really know much of the rectilinear movement but I remember explaining all the others to some adorable schoolchildren 😊
This was super helpful for my homeschool class today. The kids are doing a reptile module and had a science experiment on snake movement. Thanks for your help!
That snake you showed doing the rectalinear black white and maybe brown too is sooooo gorgeous ! The design almost looks geometric! I also was surprised at the side winders huge head size but then when I saw it’s little face I thought it was so cute !
I am a middle school teacher and a snake lover. I just want to say I love you and your videos. ❤ I have my own ball python that I bring to school occasionally. It is always a big hit.
This video reminded me of the fact that i'm not a snake person at all, i just stumbled upon one of your videos a couple years ago and you're so educational and entertaining that i stuck around and now i'm a not-a-snake-person who know lots about snakes and i'm all the happier for it (:
Awesome video! I had always wondered about snake locomotion myself-I have my own adorable "slither puppy" (a 1.5 year old Ball Python named Severus Snake), and I have had a blast watching and "studying" him as he interacts with his environment, and with people. Most certainty, he does the serpentine locomotion about 60% of the time. The other type is the Rectilinear (he literally straightens himself out like a ruler and will just....float about the ground almost. Sometimes I don't even see his belly scales/muscles moving, but I know they are! Another movement I've observed him doing (only on slippery surfaces such as a soft blanket that he can't grip onto), is he actually lunges the front half of his body forward, does the serpentine movement with his back end, then lunges or leaps forward with his front end again. and he can cover 2 or 3 feet like this in just a couple "leaps". its very fun and, honestly, hilarious to watch. He also does what I call the "cobra". he lifts the top half of his body up in the air and looks around, side to side, to see where he wants to go next. Snakes are just fascinating creatures and I feel like I learn something new almost every day while observing Sev. He never ceases to amaze me and he has helped me change my outlook on snakes, and gain a whole new appreciation for them!
Part of the reason snakes are so endearing to me is the way they move. How do you not love something that has to wiggle to move? Or squish their tummies? Or throw themselves forward? It's really silly and adorable.
Regarding the sidewinding clip, someone in one of my snake groups (Florida based) got a video of an Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake using this same mode of locomotion- it was really cool to watch!
I’ve never seen a snake do that accordion pattern or that sideways motion in my life, thanks!
nice 34 seconds
Kaynen Lars isn’t that why we watch this channel... to learn? Don’t get an ego over snake knowledge 😐
It's pretty interesting. I've heard the sideways motion is used a lot in desert enviroments as the sand gets hot and the best way to touch the ground without burning the skin is with that motion
Tony Flamingo Sucks he is probably an idiot trying to be smart
Fabiana -Alan- Torres Jaramillo the skin is covered by teh belly scales
So what I am hearing is snakes have abs for days with how well their core muscles are...🤔
Snakes are like 90% abs
snakes are just constantly doing pilates
Furries are gonna have a field day with this one.
96-pack
@@soldierstride554 Been that way for the 2 last decades fucker
Additional method of movement: The Leap of Faith.
Step 1: Be a snek
Step 2: Move to the edge of the desk or shelf you are exploring
Step 3: Decide that you just have to get to that window sill/shelf/chair/wall over there no matter what
Step 4: Stretch several times as far as possible (wrapping your tail around an item that will not hold your weight is optional but recommended) and fail to reach the Golden Land
Step 5: Yeet yourself off the safe ground (bonus points if you drag that item your tail is still wrapped around comes with you)
Step 6: Trust that 1-2 hand-shaped platforms will appear just in time to catch you while also serving as must the bridge you needed to get to the Golden Land
Final Step: Once you get there, look utterly confused because you don't know the area and have no idea how you got here
That method is also found to be used quite often by leopard geckos
My eastern milk snake does this whenever I handler her
I shall....snek
Dunno y but I feel like this is the mind of all sneks
Jdhd Jdjdj cuz it isssss
And I'm over here thinking "wow, that inchworm is pretty cute" and had to rewind the video lol
Just A Fellow Weeb gotta love that Dabi pfp tho ✌️😌
@@ignoreanycommentsoverayear6560 k a n n a
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@@ignoreanycommentsoverayear6560 Dabi 🤗
Just A Fellow Weeb dabi is amazing
Fun Fact: A concertina is actually an instrument! It's a larger, more boxy version of an accordian, and it's the instrument Kass from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild plays!
Yesss I was hoping someone would point that out ^w^
They're usually smaller, at least from those I've seen. Then again it depends on the size of the accordion.
And I love Kass. I imagine he'll be in the sequel as I can't imagine it without him.
Omg, tysm, I thought Kass legit just had an accordion, thx for pointing this out!
Whoa! I think there's a Pixar short where a character plays one!
@@SnakeDiscovery I remember the short you're talking about, but I think it's just an accordian, because it has a rounder shape and is smaller! I could be wrong, though, as I'm getting this from a rather distant memory!
EDIT: I found it! It's called "One Man Band". It's definitely an accordian, because concertinas have small buttons, and can only play one note at a time, while accordions have piano keys and can play multiple notes at once. 🙂
This was the most comprehensive explanation of how snakes move that I’ve ever heard, including a podcast segment from NPR!! Thanks for this easy to understand video!
Can you do a video talking about the “flying snakes”? I’ve heard a lot of people freaking out about them and I would like to know more about them! Y’all are awesome! Thank you for doing what you do! 😊😊😊
I’m sorry did you say flying snakes 🐍 nope nope oh he&// no
Gina Marie Wood not flying,but jumping off trees,i think.
WTF
I think I saw a video on this! If I remember correctly, what they do is flatten out their bodies when jumping off the trees, so that their bodies basically act as hangliders would for us and they are able to glide downward.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS PLEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEEE!!!!
Those snakes are sooooooo cool
How snakes move: * Sidewinding and lots of complicated stuff *
How my Bearded Dragon move: *INTENSE WADDLING*
😂 That's adorable!
"How TF do snakes work?"
Ah yes, one of Humanities oldest questions.
hehe
Top tier man top tier
Emily "Sidewinding is most commonly associated with sidewinders."
Me: mAgIc
Everyone Else in the World: dUhHhHh
Can snakes move backwards? If they can than I need to see a snake moon “sliding”!
They can't. But their bodies are so long and flexible that it''s usually not an issue.
Prince Boateng
Apparently some snakes can move equally good forwards and backwards. Nice name you got for moon walking!
LMAO
Lmao yesh
I wonder if they can physically move backwards by just doing rectillinear in reverse, but their brain doesn't know how to actually do that.
Me 3 years ago: No, I hate snakes they're slimy, scarey and gross!!
Me today: Yay! New snake discovery video, I gotta grab my precious lil noodle out and watch it together!!
Me too I grab my ball python and start watching with her!
*I have snail*
Doctor Gay Guy I have cat
Lucy Benavidez I have snake snail and cat. I feel blessed
when you live in a place that doesn’t allow snakes and you had to get rid of your corn snake
Emily: "Sidewinding is most commonly associated with sidewinders"
Me: :0
Who knew
@@MalevolentFiber *imitating kronk* riiight
:○
THE MORE YOU KNOW
Man that's crazy 😮🤪
Aw this is so informative! My tiny noodle, Pudding, is 8 months old and my first snake, and I always referred to their movement as the caterpillar dance. Concertina locomotion is the perfect terminology for it, it describes it so well ☺️
snakes move because they are actually magical worms from a different universe
Lol that’s so true X3
LIFT OFF I heard they r noodles 🍝:) some r aggressive noodles and some r nice noodles
I knew I it.
Oh wise one I beg, tell me of your knowledge of the hops of frogs. I must know what propels my legs.
O-O
Yes
It just hit me how important and valuable what you are doing is. I’ve been watching out of casual interest with some ‘oh that’s cool’ moments, but I didn’t even think of how exciting this would be to a small child with that complete fascination of snakes, especially one whose family may not have the financial ability to purchase enough new snake books to satisfy their curiosity. On behalf of all the snake-fixated little kiddos out there who may not be allowed to comment on a video, thanks!
My mother is making my son afraid of snakes. With these videos, I expect he'll grow to see them in a positive light instead.
Me everyday: when is the next vid coming I can’t wait
Snake discovery: makes a vid
Me: yeah, it’s snek time
Snek time indeed, ma friend... Snek. Time. Indeed....
lol same
it’s snake discovery time
-to the tune of cørøna time-
yes me all the time when new videos come out!
rip rex
Sidewinding is the snake equivalent to walking on your tippy toes when the floor is wet and/or icky
Ok so, I was early and Emily said that the two headed garter is still alive but isn’t eating by himself, sadly
I know😞
Your not that early.
Do you know if it was "can't eat at all" or "can't eat without help"? Because if it just needs assist-fed, it could still live.
Lucy Gabbert She managed to force feed it some tilapia but it won’t take any from assist feeding
@@emmer2919 thanks
We have two boys and our first one moves with rectilinear most often, and our new boy moves with concertina most often. It's crazy that we're still learning such basic things about animals!
I feel like ppl just dismiss reptiles a lot, or are more interested in dinosaurs. Like I tell ppl reptiles can play, learn target training, and even learn how to use foraging toys and even some ppl who own snakes are like "nO tHeY Don'T." I also think there's more to mbd, and reptile health in general. So many times I've seen ppl say "well the necropsy showed it wasn't the infection, but weak immune system" and reptiles have GREAT immune systems, so what gives?
I WAS LEGIT THINKING ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND I WAS LIKE "I hope Emily makes a video on how snakes move, I'd love to learn from her" AND HERE WE ARE
You are a powerful bean you must be able to tell the future then
Even though it’s venomous, the Gaboon Viper is one of my favorite snakes.They have this incredibly beautiful pattern going down their back.
I do feel bad for venomous snakes because they’re really just misunderstood. They’re often seen as evil, and killed out of fear.
I don’t know why I find such fascination in snakes, because my mom is one of those people that is absolutely terrified of them.
yea my mom said she is fine with snakes in our yard unless they are venomous and has killed snakes before for no reason other than existing and because she thought they were venomous (they were not, in fact, venomous) even though it is illegal to kill native snake species where I live (venomous or not)
@@elysedaugherty5197 One of the best things every person can do is looking up what species of snake in their state is venomous and then get familiar with how they look like, where they tend to stay, and exactly how dangerous they are. Makes it easy to stop wrongly identifying species.
I did my physics capstone on snake locomotion! I referenced a paper which found that snakes “diffract” when they encounter obstacles, and their paths looked just like those of photons interacting with a diffraction grating! It was super cool and there’s also some really interesting applications to robots and machine learning. Snakes are awesome.
That is such an awesome topic for a capstone!!!! So cool that you could combine an interest in snakes (I assume at least lol) with your major!! Sadly as a psychology major I couldn’t find a way to study reptiles in mine I’m jealous 😭
@@raeflagg8763 Study ophidiophobia. Handle a snake, and study how those with ophidiophobia react to it. Everyone reacts to fear or unease in different ways. Would certainly make for an interesting paper. 😁
Emily: talking
Ed: recording
Me over here: yelling " nImO wHaT hApPeNeD tO yOu?!?!"
Whoa, I was just thinking about this and I got this notification
Surrrreee you were
Same!! Lol
Aaron Cates cool. I’ve been thinking about it for hours haha
Niferd456 hoooooow dooooooooo youuuuuuuuu knooooooooow 🙄
And I could not be bothered to look it up on google
I love how even though you have a large audience of children that you still use the “big” vocabulary! This high school science teacher loves how clearly you describe science terms in a way everyone can understand :)
I love that "do inchworms like to party" vine
You are a plethora of information. I have been working with reptiles for years and when I have a question I always tune in to you. Thank you for everything you do
Hello, the premiere just ended, and I am here. Tomorrow is gonna be annoying ( I dont live in America but know lots of people who do ) so I will just become more educated by snakes, thank you for making it possible for me to learn more ( but most of my family are afraid of snakes )
Why would Independence Day be annoying?
Y mom wont let ke have one :( they think its gonna kill me but how does my gecko not kill me?! THEIR BOTH REPTILES plus noodles are pretty byt.... *i love my geico su much :3*
i love these purely educational videos!!! i'm autistic and my special interest is herptiles and videos like these make me so so so happy
I love snakes and frogs obviously.
So scaley = so lovely.
Frogs don't have scales but ok, I agree
@@tanakovac7886
/Looks down at my porous skin.
I want to pretend.
This is the best review and explanation of snake movement I have seen! Especially for my 8yr old. Thank you!
Why does 1 minute feel like 1 year?
top ten questions science still can’t answer
Don,t know😐😐😐
quarentine
STUPID QUARANTINE! X3
Idk
Snake discovery: How snakes move!
Me: TELL ME IF THE TWO HEADED SNAKE IS OKAY PLEASE
Alive but still needs to be assisted with eating.
O n i o n s
natorgator4969 they’re being cut.
Emily:"I wonder what we're going to discover in 2020!"
Me: I don't know but I doubt it will be a good thing
A snake with legs. We already had legless lizards, so it wouldn't surprise me. Especially since it's 2020.
@@cookie856 Theory: Snake used to have 4 legs like everything else. Then Spider came along and stole Snake's legs. That's why spiders have 8 legs, and snakes have none. XD
@@warriormaiden9829 They did have leg. It's not a theory.
This is seriously the best channel on UA-cam ..... your videos are fun, interesting and so educational ..... I’m 53 and learn so so much from you , I love snakes but don’t own one so love seeing all yours and you make learning about them really fun ❤️❤️❤️. Thank you so much guys xxxx Tina
I never realized how different snakes movement can be. Very interesting! It shows even more, how strong muscles snakes have, always suprising to me!
Snakes are literally just muscle hoses.
ok
I'm so happy you posted this because I was actually wondering a week ago, and haven't had time to google it. thank you!!!
If you’re reading this: may the force be with you
I wish
I love Star Wars, what’s your favorite movie???
Hello there
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General Kenobi
Fascinating! I was also surprised by just how recently rectilinear motion was studied and finally explained. It really goes to show you how even seemingly simple things may not be well understood!
Me: *calmly searching through yt for a video to watch* *taps on video*
Emily: All of us wondered how snakes move without feet
Me: *wonders how they move for first time in meh life*
Thank you so much for your continued content during this giant disaster of a situation. I've been binge watching your entire channel to distract myself from everything that's been going on, and it's been incredibly helpful. When I was a kid I would catch wild garter snakes (temporarily! I'd hold them for a little while and then let them go where I found them) and your channel has rekindled that interest in reptiles that I had when I was younger.
“How do snakes move?”
“With confidence!”
I gotta say. I love your breeding videos and “real life stuff” (for lack of a better word) but man do I LOVE these technical and informational videos
SD:how do snakes move
Me:how whatt
I needed this! I’ve been looking all over for a good vid but they were never this clear! Thanks Ed and Em!
Omg i’m so glad i got here i didn’t know this was gonna happen yay im excited! ^v^
I love the wannabe Cobra standing straight up and asking, "you have fud?". 😂😂😂❤
I love your videos!! You've inspired me to get my one snake, his name is Pretzel. I love him with all my heart and we watch your vids together. (Literally, he stares at the screen when there is a vid on it lol)!
I love the random seeming facts I learn on this channel! So awesome!
I was watching Hamilton but this is more important
Edit: thank you for 19 likes it's almost more subscribers than I have
Yes
Agreed
And let's be honest Hamilton's important to me but I do have to agree this is really important to me
@@RULERSREACHF4N same
same here
I was reading something about the diversity of snake locomotory types from a textbook. I could hardly imagine how they work until "seeing" that in this clip. Very educative and I love it!!!
I have a question, why do snakes have a fork tongue and can they move each side independently? Also why do they have completely black eyes?
Sophieanne Jobes2020 well idk about the eyes, but I’m pretty sure the tongue is too sense movement nearby. If you asked why the tongue shape is a fork and not what it does, then idrk
snakes don't usually have completely black eyes, they have black pupils with varying colors of iris. There are a few morphs of different species that have black irises, such as black eyed leucistic ball pythons and Diablo hognose snakes.
Snakes have forked tongues because it gives them a directional sense of smell. Each tip of the tongue collects scents from different directions, and allows snakes to tell in which direction a scent is stronger. There's a little more complicated information about the anatomy in that answer but that's the basic gist of it.
The forked tongue is to sense chemicals in the air one is to sense movement and the other is to sense if it prey or predator, the black eyes are supposedly to help them see higher than grass since they are small and they cant see above grass that is supposed to help them see what moving beyond the grass
But since most snakes have a eyelid they need complete black eyes
@@vanessafornens4884 nothing you said is correct.
I love how much I learn when I watch these videos and how the learning is shown in a humane and also passionate manner. You can really tell that she loves all her animals and that she loves teaching people about them.
They move with the power of magic out of spite, next question
Wow how did your channel blow up so quickly the last time I checked you were on 1.17 mil I’m so happy for you and I’m So glad i was here three years ago, don’t know why but being there gives me a sense of pride 😄
Whoa I get here on 14 minutes and it's almost watched 8000 times
I came here after seeing someone claim that snakes have ball and socket joints on their ribs. They claimed that they rotate their ribs like legs on a millipede in order to move forward. That didn’t seem right to me, so I read more about it, but I really couldn’t visualize the different types of motion. It was so helpful to see it displayed, and I love the way that you explained things! This was the type of content I would’ve loved as a kid, and it was so refreshing. Keep it up!
Woah I don’t think I’ve ever been this early
All I can say is WOW 😍. I absolutely love how passionate you are about reptiles. You've helped me come to terms with and get over my extreme fear of snakes. Seriously.
Months ago I came across your channel somehow, became intrigued, then fell in love with all your babies. Ed was the little guy who did it. I love animals so much and seeing a snake who'd survived so much and thrived just sorta burrowed into my heart. I was heartbroken when he passed . Thank you for taking so much time and putting so much effort into educating people like me, and everyone else of course. ♥️ Much love, K
!Please read off camera and say if you like my story on camera!
To: Emily and Ed at Snake Discovery
I recently got my first snake! Her name is Emi and she is a three month old tessera corn snake. I found your channel because I saw a video titled “My Alligator Picks out a New Toy at the Pet Store.” I watched it because I was interested. After I watched it I watched another and another. After a week or so of watching, I realised I wanted my own snake. So I searched your channel for a video for good beginner snakes. It did not take me long to find it: the video was called “The Top 5 BEST Beginner Snakes.” I watched it and it said the best one was a corn snake. Then I noticed my birthday was a month away. I asked my mom and dad if I could get one and they said yes. I scoured the internet for good websites to get snakes from. This took me nearly three weeks. I finally found a website called BigAppleHerp.com. My birthday was in six days but my parents let me order her early. After I got her I waited a few hours and then fed her. It took her a few tries to get the pinkie but she got it. I have had her for about three weeks now and she is all mine.
This is a real story
This was originally going to be a letter but i don't have a printer
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Awesome story! How's the noodle doing now? Is she a good eater?
@@_veronica_r yeah she is a great eater she eats every time I offer her food
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Awesome! My milk snake is the same way
@@_veronica_r she is getting so much bigger so quickly
With the sidewinding I just flashed back to when I was a kid in grade school and a black snake sidewinded across from the bushes and it terrified me. Mainly because I don't think I'd ever _seen_ a snake before, but because the adults were scared of them, I was too. Now I love them!
Thank you for all of your educational videos. You guys are so cool.
Just wanna say I’m first and I love your videos so much, they taught me how much you can love reptiles and got me into them, thank you
Buddy your 7th
@@mrdecapa4200 yea🤣
I think i am the first lool😅
ITS PEPPA PIGGGGG
Trey Ingle yea Yt didn’t show me any comemnts, and it was posted 2 seconds before I commented, so pretty sure I’m a bit higher than seventh
This video has great information that I'll probably forget in ten minutes.
10/10 would watch again.
I don’t have air conditioning in my house. It’s summer. **sendhelp**
same;;
Do you have a fan? Get a shallow pan of ice and put it in front of your fan. Enjoy the chill!
Natural fiber clothing (all cotton or linen, NO POLYESTER), loosely fitting, and light colors. (My parents wouldn't turn on the AC until it hit 100F in the house. And I used to do living history encampments.) And deodorant, not antipersperent. Sweat is there for a reason.
This is really informational and cool for reptile lovers!
Sidewinding locomotion? Naah the snake just jumps only with his head
I lived in the Mojave Desert of CA for almost 20 years. The tracks of a sidewinder (seen more in the low desert) are unmistakable. Such motion keeps most of the snake's body off the hot sand where the surface temperature can be up to 134 degrees while the ambient air temperature hovers between 118 and 120 degrees. There's little humidity. It's still hot as the pit of Gehenna, though.
I don’t need to watch this video, I already know they have little wheels on the bottom.
Great video, you didn't slither away from answering the important questions. Like politicians tend too.
Well done.
Me just waiting
Me: Let meh get mah popcorn
Explained it perfectly its really amazing how each animal is so special
"This is also unofficially called accordion locomotion"
A concertina is basically an accordion
The conspiracy is unraveling
My favorite is rectilinear locomotion. My kenyan sand boa does it all the time and it’s adorable
Why is there 5 thumbs down if the vid didnt even start lol
haters got notifications on 😂
@@gcr4ft490 lol facts
It's just the SNAKES ARE EVIL people.
It’s the people who think snakes are the devil (even though they are the opposite)
This video has such great timing for posting. Just a few days ago my retic was rectilinear-ly locomoting down the sidewalk and I was so confused. I assumed she was half millipede and that was how she was doing it
First! Love u snake discovery!
Ur not first, lol
Anna Teruel yes I am
@@DoYouHaveOrangeSlices there is like, over 100 people saying they r first lol
I love how chill the noodles are in your hands. they seem to like you.
Emily we want to know why you don’t work more with Ball Pythons?
I figure there are enough breeders of them out there. Plus I'm more of a colubrid gal myself ;)
I want to see more African House Snakes in the show.
@@SnakeDiscovery yes you are the best
There is something so mesmerizing about snakes moving, especially if it's the serpentine locomotion. Thank you for this lovely and informational video!
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This really answers all of my questions!!!!!!!! I love your vids!!!!!!!!!!!!💞💞💞💞💞
This video is exactly what I needed while studying for an exam, very well done.
I never knew snakes could move more then one or two ways. This video is so cool and educational . Thanks
undulation/undulating is one of my favorite words! I don't know why but it's just really pleasing to me
Omg I remember that I once gave a VERY similar presentation on snake movement when I was volunteering at a zoo (my uni years)! I didn't really know much of the rectilinear movement but I remember explaining all the others to some adorable schoolchildren 😊
This was super helpful for my homeschool class today. The kids are doing a reptile module and had a science experiment on snake movement. Thanks for your help!
I love your videos, they are always so interesting and informative (plus I'm always looking forward to the subtitles you add, they are too funny).
That snake you showed doing the rectalinear black white and maybe brown too is sooooo gorgeous ! The design almost looks geometric! I also was surprised at the side winders huge head size but then when I saw it’s little face I thought it was so cute !
I am a middle school teacher and a snake lover. I just want to say I love you and your videos. ❤ I have my own ball python that I bring to school occasionally. It is always a big hit.
This video reminded me of the fact that i'm not a snake person at all, i just stumbled upon one of your videos a couple years ago and you're so educational and entertaining that i stuck around and now i'm a not-a-snake-person who know lots about snakes and i'm all the happier for it (:
I don’t think I ever directly asked anyone how snakes move but this video has answered a long forgotten childhood question 😂😂
Oh merh GERSH... I look up too you so much and want to be just like you! You got me into loving reptiles more then i did before!
Awesome video! I had always wondered about snake locomotion myself-I have my own adorable "slither puppy" (a 1.5 year old Ball Python named Severus Snake), and I have had a blast watching and "studying" him as he interacts with his environment, and with people. Most certainty, he does the serpentine locomotion about 60% of the time. The other type is the Rectilinear (he literally straightens himself out like a ruler and will just....float about the ground almost. Sometimes I don't even see his belly scales/muscles moving, but I know they are! Another movement I've observed him doing (only on slippery surfaces such as a soft blanket that he can't grip onto), is he actually lunges the front half of his body forward, does the serpentine movement with his back end, then lunges or leaps forward with his front end again. and he can cover 2 or 3 feet like this in just a couple "leaps". its very fun and, honestly, hilarious to watch. He also does what I call the "cobra". he lifts the top half of his body up in the air and looks around, side to side, to see where he wants to go next. Snakes are just fascinating creatures and I feel like I learn something new almost every day while observing Sev. He never ceases to amaze me and he has helped me change my outlook on snakes, and gain a whole new appreciation for them!
My Anary Corn Snake does number four, Rectilinear Locomotion a lot. And she also enjoys to burrow like you said that some snakes would.
Part of the reason snakes are so endearing to me is the way they move. How do you not love something that has to wiggle to move? Or squish their tummies? Or throw themselves forward? It's really silly and adorable.
I love rectilinear! It makes gaboons look like they’re walking without legs! So cool!
How can someone dislike such a nice educational video?
I could not find any good vids to watch until this one, ty
Regarding the sidewinding clip, someone in one of my snake groups (Florida based) got a video of an Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake using this same mode of locomotion- it was really cool to watch!