Long^7 snake

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Long7 snake
x = 11, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 2o$obo$3bo$4bo$5bo$6bo$7bo$8bobo$9b2o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 13
Bounding box 9 × 11
Frequency class 41.2
Discovered by Unknown
Year of discovery Unknown

Long7 snake (or stupidly long snake) is a 13-cell still life, an extension of snake.

Construction

This still life is known to be constructible with 8 gliders.[1][2]

x = 43, y = 31, rule = B3/S23 25bo$24bo$24b3o$6bo$7bo$5b3o$25bo$25bobo$25b2o5$32b2o$32bobo$35bo$36bo $37bo$38bo$bo37bo$b2o30bo6bobo$obo23b3o3b2o7b2o$26bo5bobo$18b2o7bo$18b obo$18bo3$30b2o$30bobo$30bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 500 THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 20 PAUSE 3 T 30 PAUSE 1 T 37 PAUSE 2 LOOP 38 ]]
A 8G synthesis[2]
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Occurrence

Among the 240 still lifes with 13 cells, this is the third-rarest of them all according to Catagolue.[3]

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