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Snakes might not have arms or legs; but they can still climb trees. Some of them can loop their tails around trees to lasso themselves upwards. Wrapping themselves around whatever they're climbing helps snakes maintain tension in their muscles while shifting their grip to move up. To understand their wiggly ways, in a study from 2021 scientists tested brown tree snakes, which have been seen climbing super challenging things like smooth poles; researchers found that this isn't the easiest way for snakes to move because they went at 0.4 centimeters per second slipped frequently and took lots of breaks But yeah, they managed to do it before their study. Researchers thought these snakes only climbed trees through other means, like inch-working along by moving one part of their body up and then bringing the rest of their body to join, so danger noodles are more resourceful than you'd think.