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🗓️ 28 March 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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No matter how much of a nature-lover you are, it would be pretty hard to know everything there is to know about the countless creatures that walk, swim, and fly among us. You’re bound to be left with unanswered questions, like why do bats hang upside-down? How do snakes climb without limbs? And do sharks like to be petted? If you want these questions answered plus a whole lot more creature comforts, just stick around for this special animal edition of the ultimate fact show!
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0:00.0 | No matter how much of a nature lover you are, it would be pretty hard to know everything |
0:04.0 | there is to know about the countless creatures that walk, swim, and fly among us. |
0:08.8 | You're bound to be left with unanswered questions like, why do bats hang upside down? |
0:13.8 | How do snakes climb without limbs? |
0:16.1 | And do sharks like to be petted? |
0:18.7 | If you want these questions answered plus a whole lot more creature |
0:21.7 | comforts, just stick around for this special animal edition of the Ultimate Fact Show. |
0:27.6 | You're listening. You're listening. You're amazed. |
0:40.3 | How do snakes How do snakes climb without limbs? |
0:42.3 | For creatures that have no arms or legs to speak of, snakes are pretty great climbers. |
0:47.3 | In their natural habitats, plenty of snakes will climb trees, rock faces, and other obstacles with ease, |
0:53.3 | without the use of claws, feet, |
0:55.0 | or sticky toe pads like nature's other climbers. So, how do they do it? Specialist tree |
1:00.9 | climbers like brown tree snakes are lightweight and slender with long tails that are capable |
1:05.2 | of coiling around branches in comparison to terrestrial crawlers like boa constrictors that |
1:10.4 | are on the heavier side with shorter tails. |
1:14.0 | All snakes by bending and flexing the entire length of their tubular bodies. |
1:19.0 | They use a concertina-like motion to increase their friction to surfaces, |
1:23.2 | folding and unfolding their bodies using their strong core muscles to propel themselves along. |
1:29.3 | If they happen to be climbing a wall or rock face, they will also follow the pattern in the wall, |
1:34.3 | like the grouting between bricks, to wedge themselves into gaps and crevices. |
1:39.3 | However, research has shown that concertina locomotion is up to seven times more energy consuming than a snake's |
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