This snake flattens itself into a wing and glides between trees

Southeast Asia's Chrysopelea snakes launch from branches, flatten their ribs to double their body width, and undulate side to side as they fall, gliding up to 100 metres. Biologist Jake Socha's motion-capture studies found they hold their front half rigid and tilt about 25 degrees into the airflow, turning a fall into controlled flight.

— Jake Socha, Aerodynamics research on gliding flight in Chrysopelea — Journal of Experimental Biology and related studies, Virginia Tech

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