https://www.boredpanda.com/flying-snakes-species-research/

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Flying snakes (Lat. Chrysopelea) is a small group—5 species—of snakes primarily found in the area from South-East Asia to Southernmost China, India, and Sri Lanka. They are mildly venomous. Researchers from Virginia Tech released a study that examines how flying snakes actually glide through the air.

Two major features of how flying snakes glide is their body shape that they transform into, and their swimming-like undulatory motion in the air. We had data on the aerodynamics of the shape, but lacked any understanding of the function of the undulation. (We now know that) undulation keeps the snake stable in the air while also increasing its travel distance.

Besides understanding how flying snakes glide, the study’s results can also be applied to robotics.

Video at https://youtu.be/gpW5aWMxrEw