ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019
Mechanical diffraction reveals the role of passive dynamics in a slithering snake.
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Abstract
Limbless animals like snakes inhabit most terrestrial environments, generating thrust to overcome drag on the elongate body via contacts with heterogeneities. The complex body postures of some snakes and the unknown physics of most terrestrial materials frustrates understanding of strategies for effective locomotion. As a result, little is known about how limbless animals contend with unplanned obstacle contacts. We studied a desert snake,
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