Is it reverse evolution? YouTuber creates robotic snake legs

YouTuber Allen Pan is a self-proclaimed snake lover. But “God made a mistake,” he said, when snakes lost their legs during the evolution of the species. So he decided to fix the error himself.

Using a 3D printer, he produced the prostheses that he attached to the tube. In this mechanism, the reptile can ride a horse and get around in a way it didn’t do more than 150 million years ago.

In the video, the first model of the legs had to be attached to the body of the animal. Allen explains that although he worked with a toy version of the reptile, he did not use the prototype on a real snake, as it could harm the animal.

Therefore, he created the second version with prostheses attached to an open-ended plastic tube. The model allows the animal to voluntarily enter the device and exit at will.

Once inside, the YouTuber can control the movement of the artificial claws via computer. Allen’s joke reached over two million views on the site.

Snakes have always aroused interest in humans as they have no legs and move by dragging themselves on surfaces. But biology explains that this isn’t always the case. Like their lizard and turtle relatives, these reptiles had legs.

Apparently, at some point during the evolution of these animals, the legs lost their usefulness and gradually atrophied, until they almost disappeared. But even though we no longer see them, these animals still have ancient marks on their bodies from when snakes roamed the Earth.