Talk:Crotalus cerastes

An African or an American snake?

The "Sidewinder" page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewinder says: "Crotalus cerastes, a venomous viper species found in the Namibian Desert in Africa."

But this article talks about a snake native to the US and there seems to be nothing about the African sidewinder.

Thanks for the heads-up, I've fixed it. Mokele (talk) 04:30, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

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"Behaviour"

OUr science teacher in 1970 (!) told us that the sidewinder motion was to keep only a small amount of its surface in contact with the sand; and also, that the part of the body in contact was constantly moving. This allowed it to move safely over sand that was too hot to touch, because any one part of the snake was in contact with the hot sand for only a short amount of time.

This seems to be a more believable story than "it allows it to climb steep surfaces". because there generally arent a lot of loose sand surfaces that are very steep. LOL 2001:8003:E40F:9601:2C0A:71A2:EA2F:3CF9 (talk) 04:52, 15 October 2024 (UTC)