Watch a banded sand snake seem to swim under sand and a sidewinder snake sidewinding across the desert floor

Name: Watch a banded sand snake seem to swim under sand and a sidewinder snake sidewinding across the desert floor
Uploaded: 2020-02-24T08:00:00
Duration: 16 s
Description: The banded sand snake ( Chilomeniscus cinctus ) is adapted to burrowing, and “swims” beneath the sand. The sidewinder ( Crotalus ceraste s) uses a different method of locomotion—sidewinding—to move along the sand's surface. Both snakes are found in North American deserts.