In an effort to save Guam’s remaining birds, researchers placed nests atop smooth poles they were sure no snake could climb.

But to their shock, the snakes scaled the poles and looped themselves into never-before-seen lassos to snag their prey. https://t.co/IQDuaDSplk pic.twitter.com/3B8PS6olIZ

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