Slow-motion footage of the bronzeback snake Dendrelaphis pictus jumping across a gap in vegetation. Shot in Malaysia in 2010 using a Casio EX-F1 videocamera. Detailed analyses are currently unpublished, but the general results are described in figure 2 of the paper, "Gliding flight in Chrysopelea: Turning a snake into a wing," J.J. Socha, 2011, Integrative and Comparative Biology. 51(6): 969–982. (Find it here: [ Ссылка ]). Michelle Graham is working on the detailed study.

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