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The Surprising Reason Snake Embryos Coil to the Right

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The Surprising Reason Snake Embryos Coil to the Right
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A mismatch in growth between a snake embryo’s body and gut may explain why its first coils consistently turn to the right. As a snake embryo grows inside its egg, its increasingly long body curls into a spiral before it has muscles to move. New research suggests that the gut helps shape those first coils [...]

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