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Do turtles slither

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If you look on the bellies of snakes, they have a row of wide scales all the way down their bodies. These scales are called scutes. Snakes have a very complex muscle system that incorporates these scutes into their movement. They have literally hundreds of ribs, each with its own muscles. They have one pair of ribs for every scute. These ribs can move individually and can therefore control the scute below. To put it simply, they use their ribs to move these scutes, which push back on the ground, thus moving them forward. It is a very primitive, yet very efficient, form of moevment.

I should mention that this is how MOST snakes move. Sidewinders, for example, move very differently and don't slither at all.

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The European Legless Lizard also called the Scheltopusik. The glass lizard or snakeand lastly the California Legless Lizard

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All snakes slither, but there are some findings of animals that walk like a lizard but has everything the same about a average snake

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no, not in the least bit. i am not sure if you have noticed, but turtles have legs.

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Many types of animals slither. Though snakes are the best known slithery creatures. Worms, snails, and slugs are slithery as well.

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they all can slide if you kick them across the floor.

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snail

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