Flying Snakes? Here’s How They Can Glide Through The Air

(CNN) — For some, the sight of a snake slithering on the ground is scary enough, so how about one launching itself through the air?
Chrysopelea paradisi — the paradise tree snake — does just that, propelling through the air from trees in South and Southeast Asia.
Little was known about how such snakes “fly” before a team of scientists from Virginia Tech published a new research paper Monday.
Experts say the snakes glide through the air, so study lead author Isaac Ye