Tiny snakes roll four times faster than they slither

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI've always said the fastest way out of a problem is to roll away from it, and I've got a trampoline and a clean record that prove it.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTiny dwarf reedsnakes in Southeast Asia roll across the ground up to four times faster than they slither, ScienceDaily reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorVindicated. I'll be accepting congratulations in the form of snacks.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentResearchers at Toho University in Japan filmed thirteen of them from several angles.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTheir peak speeds hit up to about eight miles per hour, and the study is in Current Biology.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEight miles an hour. I've fled a baby shower slower than that, and I had a plate.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe detail is the coordination.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTheir bodies rotate while their heads stay remarkably stable, on a track only twenty centimetres wide. Your head moves in every meeting.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy head is thoughtfully responsive.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe limits: adults are typically under twelve inches long, and the snakes did this in a lab setup. So the ruling is, it's complicated.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe snakes can roll, but it takes a body and a head you don't have.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWonderful. I'll be cartwheeling out of every awkward meeting, effective immediately.