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Brown tree snakes use their tails as lassos to climb wide trees

A never-before-seen climbing technique could inspire the creation of new serpentine robots

Brown tree snake

Using their tails as lassos could help brown tree snakes (one shown) scale wide trees and even electrical poles.

Bjorn Lardner

By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

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