Scientists don’t know how often or exactly why flying snakes fly, but it’s likely they use their aerobatics to escape predators, to move from tree to tree without having to descend to the ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The paradise tree snake, of course, has no limbs to which such a membrane might be attached, and its noodle-shaped body does not seem ideal for ...

Flying snakes, members of the genus Chrysopelea ... body movements to navigate through the air. By leaping from tree branches and using the momentum of free fall, they manipulate their bodies ...