One specimen fourteen inches long which I observed closely made no use whatever of its tender, sprouting limbs, but glided with all the soft, sly ease and grace of a snake.

我仔细观察了一个 14 英寸长的标本，它没有使用它柔软、发芽的四肢，而是以蛇的所有柔软、狡猾的轻松和优雅滑行。