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Watch a Python Climb a Palm / Coconut Tree - Snake

Snakes typically climb trees either by tensing their belly muscles to grip tiny projections of bark and then slithering straight up or by a hold-and-release movement called “concertina locomotion.” The latter resembles how a human might climb a rope: The snake grips two spots on a tree with S-shaped bends in its body.

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