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Pentagon wants secret of flying snakes

生物学家探秘会飞翔的蛇

生物学家探秘会飞翔的蛇

       看,天上有只鸟,还有架飞机,还有……一条飞翔的蛇?

       没错。近日,在亚洲实地考察的生物学家约翰•索卡发现了一种会飞翔的蛇。并且,在美国国防部高级研究计划署的资助下,对这种奇特的蛇展开了研究。

       索卡和他的同事将这种蛇带到距离地面15米的高塔上,并在周围放置了4台摄像机来记录蛇的运动状态。

       仔细观看慢镜头,他们发现,这条蛇从15米的高空纵身一跃后,并不是垂直坠落,而是在空中向前方滑行,它的整个身体就像在地面上行进一样,左右摇晃,穿梭向前。

       索卡说:“这条蛇在空中非常活跃,它的身体像是分成了很多小段,而每一段都像是一个小翅膀。”它可以从一棵树飞到另一棵树,或是直接从树上降落到地面。在整个飞行过程中,它们的身体时而蜷曲,时而伸平,像起伏的波浪一样向前穿行。

       据介绍,通过研究这种蛇的身体器官和进化过程,也许在不久的将来,人类可以模仿会飞翔的蛇,发明出不同寻常的飞行器。

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a snake?

Yes, and the Defense Department wants to know how this specific genus of tree-dwelling snakes, called Chrysopelea, are able to launch themselves into the air and glide long distances without the aid of wings. ...

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