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Wouldn't it be great if you could swap the head and tails of pits and then have a snake that crawled normal?? I wonder if you could turn their little brains around then they would crawl forward??

It took me a second to figure out what you are talking about...but I totally agree with you!

My female black pine in particular when I take her out seems to more often than not go in reverse. At first I thought there might be something neurologically wrong with her, but after seeing several other Pits do it I figured it must just be something unique to the genus as I've never seen other snakes do it.

Definitely funny to watch!
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Take care,

Alex Pepper

CBB '07 1.1 Aspidites ramsayi--Woma Pythons (Don Hamper/Rare Earth Stock)
CBB '08 1.1 Bothrochilus boa--Bismarck Ringed Pythons (Tom Keogan Line High Contrast)
CBB '07 1.0 Heterodon simus--High Red Southern Hognose Snake (Tom Pinson Line Red)
CBB '07 1.1 Pituophis catenifer sayi--Marathon, Texas Out-crossed Stillwater Hypomelanistic Bull Snakes
CBB '08 1.1 Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi--Black Pine Snakes (John Ginter Stock)
CBB '06 & '08 1.1 Eublepharis macularius--Blazing Blizzard & Reverse Stripe Tangerine Albino Leopard Geckos "Blaze" & "Angie"
CBB '02 0.1 Hemitheconyx caudicinctus--Stiped African Fat-tailed Gecko "Smeagol"
CBB '03 0.1 Canis domesticus--Cocker Spaniel "Cupcake"
CBB '99 0.1 Canis domesticus--Yellow Labrador Retriever "Freckles"

Happy Herping!

i think this locomotion stems from their long history of hanging around & in burrows where they can retreat backwards as well as to get to & pin a food item against the burrow wall w/ their lower third. i have a very large crumbley red that will grasp & constrict food w/ her tail only on occassion. pretty weird looking.......