MathArt Student Projects
Claire C. from Texas' blog entry from MathArt live class
2016 - 2017
Snakes are really cool. Some people might not think so, that they are crazy little monsters out to take over the world. But no, Snakes are here for a reason. They keep the food chain balanced, they are quite beautiful with those amazing patterns and sleek, smooth bodies, and, if you have the right species, they can make wonderful pets (but my mom would never let me have one).
Anyway, I have put together a gallery of really cool looking snakes, most of them with math-art features other than their tessellating scales. Here they are!
1. Rainbow boa Epicrates Cenchria Cenchria
These guys are really cool. They have scales that refract light, so it seems that they are rainbow. They have concentric rings on their spots.
2016 - 2017
Snakes are really cool. Some people might not think so, that they are crazy little monsters out to take over the world. But no, Snakes are here for a reason. They keep the food chain balanced, they are quite beautiful with those amazing patterns and sleek, smooth bodies, and, if you have the right species, they can make wonderful pets (but my mom would never let me have one).
Anyway, I have put together a gallery of really cool looking snakes, most of them with math-art features other than their tessellating scales. Here they are!
1. Rainbow boa Epicrates Cenchria Cenchria
These guys are really cool. They have scales that refract light, so it seems that they are rainbow. They have concentric rings on their spots.
2. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox
Now I know rattlesnakes (pit-vipers in general) are not everybody's favorite. But, look on the bright side, they are (as far as I know) the only pit-vipers that will give you an audible warning before they bite. They do not want to bite you, they just want to be left alone to their hunting or to their nap. But I really like the Diamondbacks because they have amazing diamonds on their backs (which also are concentric diamonds, if you look closely) and they have rings of black and white around the base of the rattle:
Now I know rattlesnakes (pit-vipers in general) are not everybody's favorite. But, look on the bright side, they are (as far as I know) the only pit-vipers that will give you an audible warning before they bite. They do not want to bite you, they just want to be left alone to their hunting or to their nap. But I really like the Diamondbacks because they have amazing diamonds on their backs (which also are concentric diamonds, if you look closely) and they have rings of black and white around the base of the rattle:
3. Mandarin Rat Snake Elaphe mandarina
Ah, the Mandarin Rat Snake, native to the land of Wild China. These non-venomous beauties have diamonds on their back, gray-and-maroon scales elsewhere, and stripeson their heads. Take a look:
4. The Vine Snakes, Genus Ahaetulla
These ones I have nicknames the "laughing snake" because when they open their mouths, it looks like they are laughing. There are several specie in this genus, and they all look similar. They live in the trees, and their pattern blends in perfectly. It's uh, how do you describe it? Checkered...?
5: Genus Chrysopelea
These guys are really cool looking snakes...They also have a really cool feature. They can "fly". By pushing off from one of their tree branches and gliding quite a long way to another one. They have interesting bands and patternings on them.
Sri Lankan Flying snake Chrysopelea taprobanica:
By Gihan Jayaweera
Golden Tree snake {Ornate Flying Snake} Chrysopelea ornata by By Conrad Baetsle.
Ornate Flying snake {Golden Tree snake} Chrysopelea ornata by By Davidvraju.
6: Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper Trimeresurus trigonocephalus
These snakes are green, or in some cases turquoise. They have pretty diamonds on their backs and an interesting variation of black and green
These snakes are green, or in some cases turquoise. They have pretty diamonds on their backs and an interesting variation of black and green
By Gihan Jayaweera
7: Parrot Snake Letptophis ahaetulla
These snakes resemble the vine snakes I shared last week but they are very much different in coloring and patterning/ These are the best photos I could find:
These snakes resemble the vine snakes I shared last week but they are very much different in coloring and patterning/ These are the best photos I could find:
By Andreas Schlüter
By Miranda J, Lopes Costa JC, Duarte da Rocha CF
Well, That's all for now. Thanks for reading my blog! :-) Claire C.
Claire is such an inspirational blogger! I'd like to add here, additionally, there are snake species that exhibit fractals, or self similarity upon zooming in at a molecular level! NatureGlo
Copyright 2012 Sarah O.
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