Snake arm robot for inspecting tunnel boring machine - GIF

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Brown tree snakes were accidentally introduced in Guam, where they easily preyed on the native birds. The solution was to place bird nests on top of smooth poles. The snakes got around this with a lasso-style gripping technique that had not been seen before. Researchers noticed this and setup infrared cameras in an enclosure with smooth poles with rodents at their tops. 21-second video:

More: https://www.cell.com/current-biology...822(20)31763-2