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starting the year of the snake off with a bang (youtu.be)

submitted 2 years ago by Elevator7009sAlt@lemmy.world to c/snakes@lemmy.world

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How high drops can snakes survive anyway?

[–] Elevator7009sAlt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I went looking for a credible source and the first one I found was paywalled. Found https://www.berrypatchfarms.net/do-snakes-take-fall-damage/ which links some credible sources. If you choose to trust it (site looks make me want to say no but the information feels okay??)…

According to researchers, these natural “shock absorbers” are why the internal organs of snakes remain unharmed even after high falls (3). One analysis found that snakes landed with an impact force up to 7 times their body weight from falls over 10 feet, yet did not suffer any organ damage (4).

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, I was thinking more sort of being-dropped-onto-sb-from-a-building height

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I would lose my shit.