Oh WTF!!! I cant stand them on the ground...

[Beegreenstrings]

...Now they are flying too! B.S.

http://news.yahoo.com/s//livescience/20101123/sc_livescience/flyingsnakessecretrevealed/

[cmh_sprint]

I hate snakes toobut that is awesome. The video in slow mo where the snake does a pitch up at the end like an airplane landing show's how developing this skill is.

[fusion]

Coolest thing I'll see all day.

[NinjaNick]

I think the story is not worthy of news because they're just leaping and then falling. I found myself shaking my head in them researching a snake falling.

[fusion]

I think the story is not worthy of news because they're just leaping and then falling. I found myself shaking my head in them researching a snake falling.

Gliding, not just falling.

[Bad324]

Gliding, not just falling.

falling with style?

[fusion]

falling with style?

To infinity and beyond.

[NinjaNick]

Still falling even if there is gliding. I didn't see any gliding though. I saw a jump in an outward direction, therefore falling in an outward direction, which may look like flying to some.

Edited November 24, 2010 by NinjaNick

[chevysoldier]

Snakes are awesome. Especially flying snakes. Flying monkeys are cooler thought.

[NinjaNick]

I see your flying monkey and raise you a PIG!

[Bad324]

Still falling even if there is gliding. I didn't see any gliding though. I saw a jump in an outward direction, therefore falling in an outward direction, which may look like gliding to some.

please refer to post #6

[fusion]

Still falling even if there is gliding. I didn't see any gliding though. I saw a jump in an outward direction, therefore falling in an outward direction, which may look like gliding to some.

"When these snakes leap, it's not to nosedive; it's to glide from tree to tree, a feat they can accomplish at distances of at least 79 feet (24 m)"

[NinjaNick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNry4PE93Y

[fusion]

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?title=web-redemption---i-like-turtles-kid&videoId=359190

[Beegreenstrings]

and that kid likes turtles?

[Steve Butters]

i like snakes - one of my favorite animals.... used to have a pet snake though that i grew up with, maybe thats why

[BiggO]

So that's why they put the snakes on the plane. They wouldn't need extra parachutes, the snakes could just glide to the ground!