The post Why Some Snakes “Walk” in a Straight Line Instead of Slithering appeared first on A-Z Animals. Snakes are some of the best-known reptiles, with more than 4,000 species across the world. When ...

Bruce Jayne, a biologist at the University of Cincinnati, co-authored the new paper, which examined the locomotive abilities of three brown tree snakes (like the one pictured here) and a scrub python.

Snakes are some of the best-known reptiles, with more than 4,000 species across the world. When we think of snakes, we instantly think of their typical side-to-side slithering motion. However, some ...