00:05Flying Snakes of Southeast Asia Glide Through Forests Without Wings
00:09Five flying snakes launch from trees and glide without wings.
00:13Across Southeast Asian forests, chrysopelia snakes climb branches,
00:17flatten their ribs, and ripple through the air between trees.
00:20The paradise flying snake glides through Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia,
00:24pushing from high branches before steering its striped body toward another trunk.
00:27The golden tree snake climbs walls and trees across Thailand, India, and southern China,
00:32then flattens its yellow-green body to glide.
00:35The twin-barred tree snake moves through forest canopies in Borneo and nearby islands,
00:39where its dark body blends with leaves and branches.
00:42The ornate flying snake hunts lizards in South and Southeast Asian trees,
00:46using strong muscles to launch from branches and crossgaps.
00:49The Moluccan flying snake lives around eastern Indonesia's islands,
00:53slipping through tropical forest where tree cover gives it height for short glides.
00:57A flying snake does not flap like a bird,
00:59but its flattened body catches air while its belly twists side to side.
01:04Scientists have filmed these snakes turning their bodies into living ribbons,
01:07using waves of motion to control direction mid-air.
01:10Tree gaps, predators, and prey all push flying snakes to leap,
01:14glide, land, and climb again through dense forest.
01:17One branch in a Southeast Asian forest can suddenly drop a snake that sails instead of falls.
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