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Scientists discover new way for snakes to climb 13 Jan 202113 January 2021 Last updated at 06:31 Scientists have spotted snakes doing a lasso locomotion to climb up poles and trees As if snakes weren t sneaky enough, scientists have discovered a new method used by one species to climb super smooth surfaces. A team of researchers from Colorado State University and the University of Cincinnati have found that brown tree snakes have a way of moving vertically which has never been seen before. The scientists managed to film these reptiles looping their whole bodies around a smooth cylinder and tying their tails in a knot around themselves - similar to a lasso - in order to gain maximum grip. ....