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Scientists Discovered a Snake That Cartwheels Away From Danger, and It’s Hilarious

Researchers used high-speed cameras to reveal how a tiny Southeast Asian snake rolls away from danger at speeds far faster than slithering.

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How can you not love an animal that does things a little differently? Like the dwarf reed snake, which doesn’t slither away from danger as quickly as every other snake. One day it developed the audacity to be different.

To flee the scene with some panache, with a little style, perhaps even a bit of goofiness that will probably make you laugh the second you see it in motion, because you see the dwarf reed snake choose to tumble like an Old West tumbleweed away from danger.

Knowing what it does and how goofy it........

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