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I wonder if snakes will ever figure out they could live inside a shell, coiling up most of their body inside it and using what is outside to slither along, retr

by xwdv 6y ago

I wonder if snakes will ever figure out they could live inside a shell, coiling up most of their body inside it and using what is outside to slither along, retracting fully inside when there’s danger.

blamazon 6y ago
I like whatever you're smoking. I suggest we secure some grant money and lab space to find out.
- stephenr 6y ago
  Why settle for lab space, I suggest a space lab.
  - thomasqm 6y ago
    space lab space
    - stephenr 6y ago
      So, lab space in a space lab?
    - pvaldes 6y ago
      We would end with a (probably) very confused snake floating around
pdevr 6y ago
That's some original thought there. Did you think of tortoise? Or snail? Or was it just a random thought?
- kamranjon 6y ago
  https://youtu.be/Y2EboVOcikI https://youtu.be/Y2EboVOcikI Octopuses do this - but I'm not sure the raw materials for that sort of adaptation exist in the same environments snakes live in.
- xwdv 6y ago
  A random thought. Snakes could also carry around random objects by coiling their bodies around them and then slithering along, dragging the object with them. They could for instance do this with rocks, carrying them around and stacking them up in piles to form complex structures.
thih9 6y ago
That would impact mobility. Perhaps they prefer static shells (rocks, caves) or invisible shells (camouflage).
pvaldes 6y ago
First it was 'snakes in a plane', now 'snakes in a cylinder'...