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Paradise Tree Snake or Paradise Flying SnakeChrysopelea paradisi is a species of snake found in Asia. It can, like all species of its genus Chrysopelea, glide by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. It is mostly found in moist forests and can cover a horizontal distance of about 100 metres in a glide from the top of a tree. Slow motion photography shows an undulation of the snake's body in flight...

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1. (c) Alan Couch, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/couchy/6032067972/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea_paradisi

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