Snakes cartwheel away from danger at 12 feet per second

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResearchers have filmed tiny dwarf reed snakes cartwheeling away from danger at up to twelve point one feet per second, which is much faster than they can slither, Live Science reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSorry, a snake does a cartwheel?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn the lab, all thirteen snakes from three species did it, and they often finished by diving under nearby objects.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorUnder objects on purpose. So it's rolling, it's aiming, and it's thinking. I don't like any of those three together.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey can also go in a fairly straight line down a racetrack only eight inches wide.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen why slither at all?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody knows. My theory is the snakes were embarrassed about the slithering and kept it quiet for years.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMine is that a wheel is only a snake that's finished with the floor.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGive it a hill and a grudge, and every bicycle in Malaysia is in trouble.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree reed snakes from another genus never cartwheeled. They just got eaten with dignity.