This snake don't need no mother****in plane

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Scientists Discover Motherf*cking Flying Snakes

Snakes can fly and they don't need a plane to do it. The freaky freaky beasts flatten their bodies and angle their heads so they glide through the air, which make them capable of flying from tree to tree.

Virginia Tech's biomechanist Jake Socha have discovered the mechanism, analyzing video frames and creating a computer model that explains how the glide through the air, saving distances as long as 15 meters
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madre de dios. we need to bring back Whacking Day

http://gizmodo.com/5698240/scientists-discover-motherfcking-flying-snakes
 
Snakes and spiders are the only two things in this world that I fear. Can't watch the video right now but that's some crazy shit.
 
Uh, this is old. Why...why is Gizmodo acting like this is a recent thing? They make it sound like flying snakes were JUST NOW discovered.

When I was working on National Geographic Challenge at Namco we had some questions about flying snakes in there. The article doesn't mention that it's not just "flattening their bodies and angling their heads," it works kinda like a frisbee or a boomerang. Really neat. Also, terrifying.
 
Tru fax, you know vampire bats don't fly toward their prey? They land and run at it. Forget flying bats, they make RUNNING bats now.
 
Darkside55 said:
Uh, this is old. Why...why is Gizmodo acting like this is a recent thing? They make it sound like flying snakes were JUST NOW discovered.

When I was working on National Geographic Challenge at Namco we had some questions about flying snakes in there. The article doesn't mention that it's not just "flattening their bodies and angling their heads," it works kinda like a frisbee or a boomerang. Really neat. Also, terrifying.
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It's a new article because someone actually figured out how to fully model the forces on a flying snake and explain how they fly. They also discovered that during some points in flight there is actually a net upward force acting on the snake, which is pretty amazing and may have some interesting implications.
 
Darkside55 said:
Uh, this is old. Why...why is Gizmodo acting like this is a recent thing? They make it sound like flying snakes were JUST NOW discovered.

When I was working on National Geographic Challenge at Namco we had some questions about flying snakes in there. The article doesn't mention that it's not just "flattening their bodies and angling their heads," it works kinda like a frisbee or a boomerang. Really neat. Also, terrifying.
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Yeah, I saw this on one of those incredible HD nature shows. Your description reminded me, I think it moves its body in a specific way to enhance the air drag, to help it fall slower. So their body movement helps them glide and steer from treetops of massive height.

Oh, I hope it doesn't contradict me when I read the article.

It's a new article because someone actually figured out how to fully model the forces on a flying snake and explain how they fly. They also discovered that during some points in flight there is actually a net upward force acting on the snake, which is pretty amazing and may have some interesting implications.
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Yeah, that's not new. They had ultra slow mo on the TV special and explained it. Well, I mean it was like 6 months ago, but it's certainly not breaking news. Just sayin'. FIRST.
 
Saw this the other day.

Cool stuff.

But they're not flying, they're gliding. And yes I know that briefly they have an upward force, but that doesn't last.
 
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