The Science Scouts - Snake Movement

Sylvia: Can some snakes do multiple of these? Or think most snakes can switch between several of them. Calin: It might seem like snakes are all tail, but that is not true. There is a section toward the end of a snake where their stomach ends and their tail begins. The sonoran coral snake and the western hook nosed snake use their cloeca for self defense. They push air out of the vent to make a popping sound that deters predators. So basically, their self defense mechanism is farting. Just like my son. Sycho tangent is produced by capen hoffmeister and sam scholtz,. who edits a lot of these episodes

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