Scientists have taken a big step forward in figuring out how some snakes are able to leap from tree to tree without ever touching the ground. In a study, researchers from Virginia Tech used 23 ...

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Anyone scared of snakes on the ground may not want to read this story — because the reptiles are also in the sky. The paradise snake, which is native to south and southeast Asia, has been known to ...

TAMPA (CNN Newsource) – For some the sight of a snake slithering on the ground is scary enough, so how about one launching itself through the air? Chrysopelea paradisi — the paradise tree snake — does ...

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