True Facts: How Snakes Move
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The legendary solid snake
You should make a textbook.
Snek
Your videos are way too short. I could watch for hours.
Your videos are way too short. I could watch for hours.
I’m gonna hold him to that claim that sea snakes are getting their own episode.
Just sea snakes? Or will it be a mix of various aquatic/semi aquatics?
@@Observer675 We will take either.
Here's hoping. 🤞
Same!
@@Observer675I'll have one of each please.
"The brown tree snake- just kidding."
Okay, that got me
His throwaways are the best 😂
Really didn't expect a snake to tie itself into a knot just to shimmy up a pole. Damn, that's smart.
Nature is wild, man.
Got that Mulan strategy
This reminded me of that Alice in Wonderland scene ngl
Well they've been around since the end of the dinosaurs
That snake's seen Mulan.
"It almost looks like it has arms but they're inside of a sleeping bag"
This is legit the best way I've ever seen it described.
I had no idea some snakes could move like aerodynamic boomerang noodles. Incredible.
This should be the technical term used amongst science hippies.
@@Warp9pnt9 they already have a term for it. they call it Australia.
@@sirBrouwer: Except they all live in Southeast Asia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea
You mean Noodlerangs.
@@sirBrouwer: Except that entire genus is found exclusively in South and Southeast Asia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea
Brown tree snakes are such overachievers. No wonder they're wreaking havoc on the native wildlife of Guam. Also, I'm holding him to sea snakes getting their own episode.
Oh yeah, I heard about that. So many birds now almost extinct.😢
I can't wait for that episode. Sea snakes are badass.
They're a big problem for the people, too. Especially their pets and children.
They also caused a lot of problems with the power grid. They would shimmy up power poles and short out transformers. Snakes are surprisingly conductive.
I think the brown tree snake may also be the snake that has been socially learning more complex ways of navigating to get past human blockers. Silly humans thought snakes weren't an intelligent species and yet you're talking about a active predator that is better than evolutionary arms race with mammals and birds for ages. How on earth did anyone just assume they were all ambush hunters and not super good at learning? It's silly when you think about it. They are after all the most successful group of obligate carnivores in the world.
My favorite new fact: a snake has between 10 and 15,000 muscles. I'd like to see the snake with 10 muscles please.
You know who else has between 10 and 15,000 muscles?
My least favorite snake fact: Rattlers are evolving away from making sounds, directly related to humans hunting them. This will let them evolve better camo or stronger venom. Both are terrifying
MY MOM!!!
I can't show you a snake with 10 muscles, but I can show you one with more than 10, but less than 15000.
That's a worm
I love imagining how overformal the description of "tickled boa's tail to keep it moving" ended up in the final paper.
"the reptile was coerced into moving via light caudal stimulation."
@@The.Heart.Unceasing They'd use 'motivated' or something like that to make it sound more innocent
Overachieving with the goofy aaah silly description, just like brown tree snakes...
@@limiv5272 "encouraged"
"I can't stop! you can't make me!"
Frank, dear. I don't want you to stop! go full throttle with the puns!! go overboard!
Me: "Please don't"😅
I’m picturing some kind of Captain Planet villain shaking their fist at the sky going “ZEFRAAAAAAANK! I WILL STOP YOU, NO MATTER WHAT IT COSTS ME!”
Frank use RAMMING SPEEEEEEED with puns!
I don't get the pun...
@@ismellmandude64017:40 He said 'so they can have an edge when they climb' referring both to a literal edge to cling onto and the colloquial usage of the term, meaning 'advantage'.
As someone with a pet ball python, they don't hatch with great control over their movement. The amount of times my derpy noodle fell over or needed to be saved from tumbling off the couch in the first year or two was ridiculous.
The noodle beebs just gotta get some practice in 💚
all beh-behs gotta learn how to walk, i guess.
Maybe get a new couch
I have a hognose and that species at least the Western one, does not have a strike reflex. They have to learn how to open their mouth and purposefully strike things but I'm using the term loosely. They still have some of the reflex left but it forces their jaws shut so they can't actually grab anything. I assume this has something to do with their unusual teeth which could get hung up on things very easily if they don't think carefully about how they grab stuff. I don't think people realize how much learning snakes do. It's cool to hear that it's true of pythons too and not just colubrids. Baby snakes can live up to a year without having their first meal in some cases and I'm pretty sure the reason for this is that there's a really strong learning curve before they can actually hunt effectively. (Most are are 5months)
Haha same! I always ask my klutzy BP how his species actually survives in the wild lol.
“For fuck’s snake”
That's snakey.
😂😂😂
Disclaimer: Do NOT fuck the snake.
Thank you for your time
@@GammaRayven I feel like you just shut down a large fetish community with that one... 😔
Oh well. At least they've still got eels and octopus! _OR ARE YOU ALSO GONNA TAKE _*_THAT_*_ AWAY FROM THEM?!_ 🤣
@@DUKE_of_RAMBLENah, eels and octopuses are asking for it. 😈
The pole climb is always one of the most competitive events in the Snake Olympics. The Boa Scooch, the Loopy-Loopy, the good, solid grippage of the Ring-Dingy, the Lasso-Tail Girth Pole Shimmy. Some incredible technique displayed there by all competitors.
Way better than watching Raygun 😂
Love how some snakes just go *screw it, we goin sideways*
And then there are the pythons who just go *screw it, we ball*
Crab energy
wait till u hear about the hoop snakes! hehe
Other snakes looking at them like "Nani? Kansei dorifto!?"
Still waiting for the ultimate rebel that goes backwards
Even my corn snake pet surprises me with how well it can climb surfaces taller than it. Snake movement is usually so slow you forget they're like 90% muscle mass. 😂
I think black rat snakes which would be a relative of your corn snake should really be studied more because I've seen those things go straight up a brick wall. They seem way too big to be able to grip onto that tiny little edge of the bricks and yet somehow they manage😂
Jerry missed a good rectal joke opportunity at 9:30. Jerry's slipping, just like all these snakes.
Well Frank did say he couldn’t reuse the joke
At least they don’t fart bees
@@jasonkefalidis6392😂😂😂
not the brown tree snake though
@@jasonkefalidis6392 FACTS
My favorite jokes in these video aren't even the ones about boners or farts or whatever, it's when he's like "The brown friggin tree snake, showing off!" or "The brown tree sn- just kidding" like he's got personal beef with the animals
It is 7am. It IS, in fact, too early for a For Fuck's Snake joke 😂
It's 7am for you. 7pm for people across the world. Small world, but time is relative.
@@GarrettPDGAIf you knew my relatives you wouldn't have time for them either.
@@dehydratedwater9806Ba-dum tssssssssssss!!
@@dehydratedwater9806: Excellent Groucho-esque joke, good person!
It is never too early, you're just not ready...
I knew snakes could move in all sorts of interesting ways; I'd even seen the fancy falling ones before, but the "scouch up the tree by knotting/holding their tail" was new to me. Thanks as always Zee for informing me of just _how_ awesomely weird nature can be.
Fun fact: Wyrm is old Saxon for snake, but people just can't seem to call a snake a snake. Hence you have modern English worm, and Old English wyrm, meaning dragon.
Though with wyrm it kind of makes sense since dragons were actually originally thought of as giant snakes often with poisonous breath. It wasn't until you get properly into the middle ages where people started sticking wings and other bits onto them that you really start seeing depictions of what we think of dragons today.
@grumpyginger99 dragon descriptions are as diverse as dinosaurs. The dragon from Beowulf had poison breath and it could fly carrying a man.
@@grumpyginger99 .
I believe "Dragon" is derived from Greek which meant "Serpent &/or BIGSCARYLIZARD"
@@Mekboy_ComputerMonster so... Dinosaur?
I love the caterpillar motion of the Bitis vipers. It's especially adorable on the neonates. Deadly caterpillar worming your way! Better hope it's the lazy one from Gabon and not the cranky puffy.
god, gabby’s are so unfairly cute for how incredibly deadly they are. fat caterpillar snakes with big squishy cheeks.
Too cute to be something that can kill you if you touch it
Why are the most friend-shaped creatures also the deadliest? XD
Cannot wait for the Creepy Dave.
"This is best favourite animal san-ke, many danger noodle give strong kisses."
Where’s Creepy Dave been? It’s been months! 😭
Meh, I think he'd use Snack-ey. Bit closer and funny.
Creepy Dave is my best favourite
I love how this went from a Morgan Frerman ad impersonator channel to a real and well researched animal facta channel with real academic support and animal protection sponsors.
A Ze Frank video bingo card would include a square that says "buttholes mentioned at least 3 times"
Have had a Ball Python now for 8 years and it always blows me away on how fast her strike is and how much raw power gets released at once. A death machine when she is hungry, easily startled and timid when she is not.
And BPs have some *heft* to them, I have lithe little corn snakes and I'm always impressed when they get excited about mouse time. BPs are tanks compared to them!
Imagine if snakes were like rams and instead of teeth and venom, killed their prey by one-punching it to death with their heads. I wonder if they'd leave bruises that way on humans with their current strength and speed.
I have one too, and it's so funny how most of the time she's just slow and chill and cute and derpy(she got stuck in a guy's belt loop the other day, and I had to cut the seam to get her out, the dummy), and yet she's a pure predator and could kill a prey animal in under 2 minutes by inducing complete circulatory collapse.
I'm not even scared of her bite or her strength. I'm only scared of her poop, and her tendency to move extremely silently towards holes(like belt loops). I'm so glad that the one time she got lost she went under the dryer instead of into the many holes in the walls of the laundry room.
@The1nvisibleJeevas This made me imagine my own snakes with reinforced skulls and little ram horns, thank you 🤣
@sophiedowney1077 "I'm only scared of her poop" is absolutely how I feel. I have seen videos of BPs farting/pooping and it looks like they're in death throes! Terrifying even before considering the mess!!
What's faster, the snake striking for its meal, or me clicking on this video uploaded less than a min ago
Yes is the answer
Who knew that the easiest way to counter a snake's movement are smooth tile floors and olive oil?
It sounds kinky, but I swear it isn't.
😂😂 love it
@@jat1992jat1992 yes, the answer is 'yes'.
Fox. Two other people already said Yes.
1:56 don't be fooled by this cute snake that moves like a chubby catterpillar. That could be a gaboon viper, it has the longest fangs among venomous snakes and one of the highest venom yield. It's venom can make your flesh rot.
Surely they wouldn't harm a fly. Looks like he'd bury himself in sprinkles.
That's a very obscure reference i feel only a few will understand
@@a_true_generic_gamer1104 Oh they most certainly are capable of hurting more than a fly. And unlike most vipers that strikes and releases, these guys hold on until their prey die. However they're not actively aggressive. But it's preferable to leave them alone.
If one is a snake/reptile enthusiast scrolling in YT, it's likely they know Joey.
@@al6243 I don't remember the channel name of the reference, but I'm fully aware of what Gabopn Vipers are capable of. I was only joking in reference to a wonderful channel. If I come across it again, and remember I'll edit the channel name onto this comment
@@a_true_generic_gamer1104 he was such a cute death noodle under all those sprinkles 😂 nobody was getting him out lol
Snakes have crazy ab strength.
I'm always less concerned about "how" snakes move than "when" snakes move.
How about "where" snakes move?
As someone who owns a few snakes, you can tell from their body language when and where they're going to strike. Just takes some practice to learn to read their body language.
@@thing_under_the_stairs, The majority of snakes encountered in the wild want absolutely nothing to do with human beings and will do their best to get away, even if they're venomous snakes. They usually won't waste their venom on something too big to be prey, because without venom they can't hunt and eat. There's a video on RUclips where somebody goes out into the desert of the American Southwest and intentionally annoys rattlesnakes, dozens upon dozens of them, and virtually all of them did their best to get away and only turned around to strike when they felt cornered, and even then it was a pretty half ass strike.
@@danyg4063 That only works when you can see them in the first place, which most snakes generally try to avoid
But what about "Whomstedested did snakes move?"
I swear, this channel has been one of the absolute best educational channels out there for years. ZeFrank, your comedic timing and commitment to representing the science right is top tier. The rectilinear locomotion joke was so quick and perfectly delivered I had to pause the video and laugh before watching the rest because I didn’t want to miss whatever you said next.
As a snake keeper, I really enjoyed this video. I’ve seen all the different styles of movement but it was really cool to have them explained so well!!🐍
I was scrolling for another snake keeper comment 😂 tell you what, with my first two snakes being medium to heavy set pythons, I was _not_ expecting the excitement of getting a boa and a colubrid next and seeing the movement difference from the pythons who are pretty sedentary. The former is absolutely _gorgeous_ when he’s perched up on his branches, head either propped up on coils or leaned out like a branch, and the latter is just so fun to watch move and dig.
Yay! Snake people! I was hoping to hear about how their jaws work. I explain it often but would love to see Ze Frank explain 😊
@@verona316 Yes! So many people think they “dislocate” their jaws. Lol. Nice to see another snake person here!!
Snake club represent!
@@chelmastly5802 That’s so cool! I have three ball pythons and I really want a colubrid. Like you said, their movements are so different. Snakes are the best!!
The face on that snake diagram at 10:52
😂 ◡̈
It's so silly and happy, i love it. It just looks like .)
5:07 new fear unlocked:
*FLYING DESERT SNAKE*
Yeah, now I'm worried about how snakes may evolve.
Did you know Australia has flying spiders? Just in case you wanted some variety in your nightmares. You're welcome!
@@Allie-w1l I'm afraid of how snakes will find a way to evolve into crabs. They WILL, because everything does. I just don't know _how,_ and that terrifies me.
There is nothing scary about gliding snakes. They are absolutely harmless and totally freakin awesome!
Weeeeeeeee!
I've got a black headed python and jungle carpet python and every single time I take them out, I'm mesmerised with their movement. It's really something else
5:09 “I mean look at this fucker go” that killed me 💀
The joy I get from Fank giggling about his own silliness is profoud.
0:50 That is awesome!!
Raw asf
The "Falling With Style Snakes."
Ah, the angry spaghetti, such a beautiful animal
🎶 Flat botttom snakes make the tree top world go ‘round.
1:41 This fossil named _Tetrapodophis_ is no longer thought to be closely related to snakes, sorta. It's still among the closest relatives of snakes in a group called Dolichosauridae, even closer than mosasaurs, but not included among snakes (Ophidia), and the limb reduction happened independently (that's frequent in lizards).
… And he didn’t even get to the part where they all have flexible skulls and their jaws split in front and act like two arms connected by a slinky-slinky ligament to work food into their mouths instead of dislocating like most people think
That was supposed to be Jerry's part, the lazy failure.
@@MossyMozart Well, at least he never fails to amuse
This needs to be seen!
They even have a cute little line where the jaws are separated. It's like a little chin dimple. I love my python Poppy's little dimple❤️🐍
I mean it's still kind of like this locating it's just that they're built to have it happen so things are stretchy and let it happen without damage. Pretty sure it's still counts as dislocation and I'm not sure why educators started calling it not dislocation when it is moving things out of the resting position.
@@darcieclements4880 A dislocation is when a bone comes out of a joint, literally becoming freefloating, while the flesh around it is still attached. A snake's jaw still has all the bones in their joints, so it is very much not dislocated. Being out of resting position is Locomotion, not Dislocation.
Sorry if I sound like an ass, I don't mean to.
If snakes survive another million years they will grow longer and gain wings. Eventually they will become dragons.
We can only hope they will also evolve some form of combustive exhalation, too!
One can dream
They kind of already are if you look at eastern dragons they clearly inspired them, especially the flying snake
Maybe they've done that already, and are evolving back into snakes.
@@thing_under_the_stairs This is a misunderstanding on the part of the medieval writers. The Japanese got it right (see godzilla). It isn't fire per se but an electrical discharge.
Bible: Job: 41:19 Lightning leaps from its mouth; flames of fire flash out. (NLT Translation) 😁
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Anyone else occasionally talk as the Ze Frank do? I used the phrase "do as the stink bug do" recently and I couldn't help but chuckle.
Once my family heard him say “bebies” they never pronounced the word any other way.
Yup. And surprisingly few people get the references. But if the person has no idea what I’m talking about, I get to show them ZeFrank videos, so it’s great!
Yes! I find myself doing this too! .... And don't get me started on the creepy Dave talking that often occurs 😂😂😂
Guilty as charged.
Yup... It's hard not to sometimes, and other people rarely understand, hahaha.
No one:
Science hippies putting on the Snake Olympics:
I'm here to learn how a snake do.
You've come to the right place.
Snakes out of water get a whole episode.
Snakes in water get a whole episode.
Snakes are fascinating
8:37 That is crazy, like what tree has a surface smooth enough to be comparable to a metal pole for that behaviour to even evolve
lots of trees have very smooth bark---just look up "smooth manzanita" for one example
snakes and people have been living together for a while now, it's entirely possible that they evolved that behavior because of us.
Just look up "smooth manzanita"
Barkless trees.
@@Yipper64 Even so, natural wood smooth is not the same as artificial metal smooth
Another great, funny, and informative video! And I just signed up as a hero for Planet Wild!
Please never stop doing what you do. Incredible science combined with hilarious potty humor. I have learned so much while laughing my way through it. You have a true gift. Don't stop giving!
I could watch the slow-motion escapes of Kangaroo Rats allllllll day long. I love me some noodle bois, but the mammal brain just loves to see the ones that got away!!
I tried the nipple movement thing and I can confirm it works
How far up the tree did you get?
😂
Next, update us on the erection movement thing...
Can't test the erection stop on the way down, though.
The one dynamically shaping itself as a wing to glide is pretty cool. Slightly scary, but cool.
Imagine: You’re on the other side of the tree when the snake launches itself, you walk around the tree, it can’t really maneuver, it’s gliding right at your face, and both of you experience identical full-blown panic just before impact
Nothing could have prepared me for 1:57. I haven't laughed that hard in awhile
Same here, that snake is so stinking cute!!!
3:37 you’re literally describing my dad 😭
I love snakes. They are fascinating creatures.
I've owned ten and currently own one and they never fail to amaze me
The falling snakes joke was maybe the best one you have ever done. I wish you prosperity and happyness.
My naym is snek
My body long
My hed is smol
But jaw is stronk
And wen it time
To get me fed
I open wide
I monch the bred.
no step on snek🐍
Cringe, but I still commented so I guess I'm the cringe one. Oh well.
Fine Art.
I suppose I'm reassured that snakes have gone from symbols of horror and deceit to cute pole lizards in the eyes of young people.
Your rizz is bussin, skibidi!
Where do I have to apply to become the person who tickles these snakes while they're trying to move along that pole? That was adorable!
3:50 so basically the snake was like me in middle school, making sure to go out of my way to walk on the corners of every tile.
6:25 That's the same albino corn snake moving through various chambers. Splotches and headstamps tend to be unique to individuals and this guy's unique headstamp is followed by a unique backward C-shaped splotch. Still, point taken. I'm learning. :)
I am so happy to wake up to a ZF1 video on snakes. Im a huge reptile and amphibian enthusiast and this hits home in the best of ways. Thanks Frank. You make the internet great 👍🏻
I love snakes. The way they move will never not feel like magic to me.
When he was going into the technical details, my brain shut down, and the only thought left was, "Majic." 😆
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Yes, but sometimes it's pretty amusing how videos make transitions for completely unrelated sponsorships
@@limiv5272 I am not amused!
Don't like sponsorships as they seem like an abuse of the para-social relationship content creators have with their audience.
0:23
I know it’s a deadly viper but that is such a pretty snake!
A big thanks to ze frank for this video, I’ve always loved snakes. Got in my first real fight at age 7 trying to stop some 13 year olds from killing garters coming out of hibernation.
I can see now why serpents often appear across human history so prominently. Just seeing those spaghetti devils jiggle across the sand at unnatural speeds is making my monkey brain go: "Nuh uh, nope. Oh hell no".
And the flying ones almost certainly inspired some ancient Chinese scholar to tell stories of flying dragons.
lol at Spaghetti devils
Don't we have a part of the brain that has evolved specifically to spot snakes from further away?
the thing is snakes and more precisely the cobra snakes and humans have evolved in competition of the other.
It's the main reason why cobras can spit there venom about 1.5 meters up in the air. (about the hight of human eyes).
it's even a source why we are so good at pattern recognition. It was mainly to detect and recognise a snake from it's surrounding.
Cobras on there turn have used that to make them even easier for us (and mainly humans) to see them. so we might just walk away.
Same with the wings with ''eyes'' and the hissing. they also work for other animals they are attacked by. but are mainly used against us humans.
@@sirBrouweryep! Snakes might even be the reason we have forward-facing eyes! So in a way, snakes did give us knowledge of good and evil. Because we can see good and evil a lot more easily now. In like a roundabout way.
"I didn't really fall. I just, you know, sauntered vaguely downwards." Crawley/Crowley on Good Omens.
"And some of them even fly!"
Me: They WHAT
Do not worry, the age of flying reptiles is long over.
@@molybdaen11
I'll breathe a sigh of relief then
Yes learning that some snakes can fly can produce the same reaction as when you tell people that there are sharks that can walk on land
@@molybdaen11bird is just another word for avian dinosaur.
I honestly love when edutainment channels add legitimate organizations for sponsorships, I'm way more likely to give to organizations like natural conservation and such than to give money to whatever online game or retailer is selling a product.
Head shoulders .......(.......) .............knees and toes 😂
7:57 Tickle-tickle. I had a 6.5ft South American red tail Boa, I used to tickle him & though he didn’t giggle he would tuck his scales in( & if you went to the other side he’d tuck them in again. Miss him, he was the best car alarm I had for my Souped up Camaro(if any1 tried to steal it you’d hear them screaming). He luv’d that car
people beware! Free roaming danger noodles
"leave your footprints to boot!"
Well played
Between 10 & 15,000 muscles is quite a wide range.
10,000 and 15,000.
@@SuziQ. - Of course!
Man, with having a huge fear of snakes this is going to be a tough watch but I’m too fascinated.
Facing your fear is an important step to overcoming it. Hopefully as you learn more about snakes, you'll learn they can be respected and not feared. Good luck.
@@mattmorehouse9685 - Oh, I appreciate snakes - their beauty, their abilities, their importance in most environments (though not the pythons in the Florida swamps denting things badly), but I get nervous around snakes. I've never had a traumatic experience, I just get very nervous. And I see no reason to get therapy to overcome it; it's not like I plan to go into herpetology. They are beautiful, though!
You were rewarded for your courage. This episode was great
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For sure
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Correct.
So COOL you're supporting Planet Wild! As I was unable to join due to an app glitch last month (The LITTLE OWLS!) I'll try again with your link - a month off would be great. Please do another about snakes - they are so interesting! Maybe collab with Snake Discovery? We've been watching them for YEARS (not as long as True Facts) and we now have a dragon called Bobby in our lives.
😂"punching someone with your face"
2:35 snakes continuing to put my belly-dancing chops to shame XD
Very happy to see you're supporting Planet Wild!
The snake Ze Frank shamelessly eating the mouse DG360. What a dusch.
I love Snakes , they are soo cute :0
thanks for the Planet Wild coupon, glad to be part of the change
Who knew that the easiest way to counter a snake's movement are smooth tile floors and olive oil?
It sounds kinky, but I swear it isn't.
I have seen a few snake rooms used by breeders and handlers of venomous snakes, and they have all used smooth, glossy, waxed and polished floors for protection: King Cobra can't bite you if King Cobra can't get to you!!
I'm someone trying to make a career out of wild life conservation, and Planet Wild seems like an amazing organization! Hope I can one day be apart of these projects!
If you happy and you know it clap your hands
snake:
It's my birthday!! Thank you for this lovely gift, Ze! 😍
New ZeFrank! Always a great day when we get a gift like this.
The sidewinder on the sand reminds me of seeing someone moon walk.
9:54 you can relate to that "AUUEEGHHHH" 🐍
I literally came to this comment 1.5 seconds before it happened.
@@LionelRGuybro, same
7:27 Didn't expect a similar Gintama joke about human snowboards using pen*** for brake LOL
As someone who's been doing a lot of research on various snake species as of late for the sake of some worldbuilding I'm doing, this came at a very good time. And it's nice being able to recognize a bunch of species shown by name.
"A snake gotta do what a snake gotta do". True dat.
A flying danger noodle is the scariest kind
Kangaroo rat is me playing a horror game
Amazing creatures.
They are!
10:12 ya got me
8:44 I suddenly had "Be A Man" from Mulan stuck in my head.
Dammit I literally thought the same thing.
There's a game called Snake Pass where you're a snake and have to slither up and around a bunch of ruins basically coming up with a lot of the same strategies as the snakes in this video do.
11:36 what was that? using drone to throw rock at whale? xd
Take that you failed mammal!
I’m not sure but I think it’s a tracking dart. It might also be used to collect tissue/blood samples?
Probably a tracking device