Shapes with Snakes
How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls
Moreover, the flexible body of the snake allowed it to contort itself dynamically
into a number of configurations as it flew through the air. Imagine trying to follow
the shape of a kite's fluttering tail as it is blows across the sky. To understand how
...
Author: David Hu
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691169861
Page: 240
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Poisonous Snakes of Central Kentucky
All snakes should be treated as if they were dangerous until they are proven to
be harmless . of the four techniques used to identify these snakes , the one which
can be used without approaching the snake is by noticing the shape of the head .
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Green River Area
Publisher:
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Page: 12
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Indian Snakes
The pupil varies in shape and size; in most snakes it is round, but it is elliptical
and erect in the vipers and some of the tree-snakes, whilst in other genera of the
latter it is horizontal. The iris is often tinged with various colours, yellow and
green ...
Author: Edward Nicholson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Page: 118
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Poisonous Snakes of the World
4 , in which the side view , vertcal midsection , and bite impression of
solenoglyphic snakes are represented by c , d ... The shape of the head is quite
characteristic of many species ; however , the shape of the head bears no
relation to the ...
Author: United States. Office of Naval Intelligence
Publisher:
ISBN:
Page: 168
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Snakes of Central and Western Africa
This procedure requires considerable skill and practice to do well, and,
consequently, most snakes in museum collections have been fixed without first
having sulcus may extend up just one side of a bilobed hemipenis. Beyond the
shape of ...
Author: Jean-Philippe Chippaux
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421427192
Page: 448
View: 525
Interpolation Snakes with Shape Prior for Boundary Detection in Noisy Images
A clear kidney ultrasound image ( Figure 6.10 ( a ) ) is occluded by applying a
white stripe with dark islands ( Figure 6.10 ( b ) ) , in an attempt to " confuse ” the
snake . Figures 6.10 ( c ) and ( d ) show the detected boundary without the shape
...
Author: Silviu D. Minut
Publisher:
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Page: 462
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Snakes of the American West
dead snake. When the male attempted defense, the observer interpreted it as a
gallant stand over the dead mate. ... of the terrestrial group differed markedly from
those of the aquatic group in overall shape and in the shape and proportions of ...
Author: Charles E. Shaw
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Page: 328
View: 485
The Crocodilians Lizards and Snakes of North America
The clavicle is dilated and perforated proximally , and the interclavicle is
subrhomboidal , or of a shape intermediate between ... The eye is exposed as in
snakes , covered by a transparent lid under which it moves freely , the valvular
lids being ...
Author: Edward Drinker Cope
Publisher:
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Page: 1118
View: 99
A Field Guide to the Snakes of Belize
Snakes ecology and Evolutionary Biology
In reference to behavior , the length and shape of snakes determine their mode of
locomotion , set limits for predation tactics , and allow access to crevices and
other spaces used for short - or long - term reclusion . Like other reptiles , snakes
...
Author: Richard A. Seigel
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Page: 529
View: 252
Antique bronze from Singidunum
Type 1 Armbands in the shape of snake ( cat . 131 - 137 ) . During Roman period
the most popular and at the same time most frequent shape of armbands were
specimens of open type , manufac| tured in the shape of snake , or both ends ...
Author: Slavica Krunić
Publisher: Muzej Grada Beograda
ISBN:
Page: 415
View: 876
The Shape of Wilderness
She eats and throws up snakes , eats and throws up snakes for days until the
mound of regurgitation provides her with a store ... The color of the sun is a
serpent ' s tongue , the foothills and mountains follow the slithering shape of a
snake ' s ...
Author: Shelley Berc
Publisher:
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Page: 279
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Mechanisms of Snake Locomotion
For the three species of this study , gross differences the shapes of the vertebrae
are apparent even in the limited view provided by Figures 2.2 to 2.4 . More
information is avaialable on the shape of snake vertebrae than on the
movements ...
Author: Bruce Carter Jayne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Page: 394
View: 883
Snakes
Other differences in body shape between male and female snakes may be
maintained outside of the reproductive season . For example , female Arafura File
Snakes ( Acrochordus arafurae ) are much more heavy - bodied than their
brothers at ...
Author: Richard A. Seigel
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Page: 414
View: 577
A Revision of the King Snakes
On the east coast it is square or decidedly higher than long , while on the west
coast it is usually longer than high , the dimensions here rarely approaching
equality . The intermediate forms are intermediate in respect to the shape of the
loreal ...
Author: Frank Nelson Blanchard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Page: 260
View: 737
Seventh International Conference on Computer Vision September 20 27 1999 Kerkyra Greece
Each element e is represented geometrically with shape functions N(a) involving
shape parameters ue (t). The shape parameters of all the elements are collected
together into the snake parameter vector u(t). This leads to a discrete form of the ...
Author: IEEE Computer Society
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780769501659
Page: 1258
View: 881
A Complete Introduction to Snakes
Small frogs are suitable food for many common snakes , including garter snakes
and water snakes . Hyla arborea . Photo by ... The shape of a snake makes a
convenient fit for the shape of the stomach of another snake . After all that listing
of ...
Author: Mervin F. Roberts
Publisher: TFH Publications
ISBN: 9780866222723
Page: 128
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The Snakes of South Africa
Their Venom and the Treatment of Snake Bite Frederick William Fitzsimons ...
The belief in winged snakes probably arose from eels , which are snake - like in
shape and possess fins , which would on drawings and carvings take the shape
of ...
Author: Frederick William Fitzsimons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Page: 547
View: 478