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   How Snakes Fly   
      
   Flying snakes like Chrysopelea paradisi, the paradise tree snake,   
   normally live in the trees of South and Southeast Asia. There, they   
   cruise along tree branches and, sometimes, to get to the ground or   
   another tree, they'll launch themselves into the air and glide down at   
   an angle.   
      
   They undulate their serpentine bodies as they glide through the air,   
   and it turns out that these special movements are what let these   
   limbless creatures make such remarkable flights.   
   ...   
   ...   
   How far they can go really depends on how high up they are when they   
   jump, says Jake Socha at Virginia Tech, who has studied these snakes   
   for almost a quarter-century. He recalls that one time he watched a   
   snake start from about 30 feet up and then land nearly 70 feet away.   
   "It was really a spectacular glide," Socha recalls.   
      
   https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/884104072/how-snakes-fly-hint-its-not-on-a-plane   
      
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