Limbless organisms like snakes can navigate nearly all terrain. In particular, desert-dwelling sidewinder rattlesnakes (C. cerastes) operate effectively on inclined granular media (like sand dunes) that induce failure in field-tested limbless robots through slipping and pitching. Our laboratory experiments reveal that as granular incline angle increases, sidewinder rattlesnakes increase the...
Published September 1957. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published July 1972. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
These short reports are intended to inform the public, industry, and other interested parties of the current studies of the Commission's staff and of the basis for conservation measures. Reports will be published from time to time when studies are sufficiently complete to provide reliable biological evidence for conclusions upon...
These short reports are intended to inform the public, fishing industry, sportsmen, and fisheries scientists of research conducted by the Fish Commission. Reports will be published from time to time as studies are sufficiently complete. Most of the reports provide biological evidence upon which measures are based to enhance and...