Sandfish Tucks Legs And 'Swims' Like A Snake Under Desert Sand
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 00:21
in Biology & Nature
A new study details how sandfish -- small lizards with smooth scales -- move rapidly underground through desert sand. In this first thorough examination of subsurface sandfish locomotion, researchers found that the animals place their limbs against their sides and create a wave motion like snakes to propel themselves through granular media.