Chapter 11 Web Links

Suction feeding by a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
http://www.arkive.org/smooth-newt/triturus-vulgaris/video-08a.html

Leatherback turtles using suction to capture jellyfish
http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000003525955/the-turtles-point-of-view.html?nlid=34450251&src=recpb

High-speed videos of tongue projection by amphibians and reptiles
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPA-YgCL_X46h_Z-NZ0QyPQuFhVSwtS5F
These videos were made by Stephen Deban and his students.

Rotational feeding by the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
http://www.arkive.org/nile-crocodile/crocodylus-niloticus/video-08d.html

Slicing action of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) jaws
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/18249270

Feeding by the caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVC0sC-uRd8

Measuring the force of tongue adhesion of the horned frog (Ceratophrys sp.)
http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140612/srep05225/extref/srep05225-s2.mov
(Scroll to Supplementary Information at the bottom of the page for links to the videos.)

Intertial feeding by a crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwC61uvQoWk

Scolecophidian snakes
http://www.anat.stonybrook.edu/kleylab/videos.html
These videos by Nate Kley and his students show a Texas blind snake (Rena dulcis) using mandibular raking and a African lined worm snake (Afrotyphlops lineolatus) using maxillary raking.

A European grass snake (Natrix natrix) swallowing a toad
http://www.arkive.org/grass-snake/natrix-natrix/video-08a.html
The independent movements of the left and right maxillae and mandibles are apparent as the snake completes swallowing.

Feeding by the egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis sp.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFwepy8x64

The Asian snail-eating snake (Pareas iwasakii)
https://sites.google.com/site/hoso0822/home
The snake successfully extracts a snail from a shell with a right-handed twist, but cannot extract a snail from a shell with a left-handed twist.

A Gerard’s water snake (Gerarda prevostiana) tearing a soft-shelled crab into pieces small enough to swallow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qEt1J5LDU

These infrared videos show how three closely related species of snakes eat snapping shrimp and hard- and soft-shelled crabs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtMR7I38s1U&t=12s

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