But how do ball pythons move??

[Streller]

huh. how cool! thank you all!

as of watching my girl really closely, when she gets too straight and runs out of momentum, she seems to... idk, start making parts of herself curve into a bunch of S's, while (usually) her front half stays still? i'm assuming she's gripping with her front scales and bunching her back, then gripping with her back while she unbunches herself. either way it's really cool to watch!

Indeed, it's fascinating how snakes have developed these different methods to move in order to compensate for the lack of feet and limbs.