The climbing abilities of ratsnakes are well documented, but there is a world of difference in knowing a snake can climb a tree and seeing how it actually accomplishes such a task with no hands ...

Snakes use their muscular bodies and scales to grip surfaces and propel themselves upward and some can even climb vertical ...

Juvenile Black Rat snake. ... but in a tree. ... but something with texture makes for easier climbing. “Rat snakes are good at climbing up the sides of trees and things like that where there’s ...

By the time the snake approaches 3 feet in length (about 2 years old) these markings are often lost, and it has assumed the uniform black appearance of the adult black rat snake.

Juvenile Black Rat snake. Courtesy of Talena Chavis. In more terrifying snake news for Georgia, it seems that some of the 46 species can climb, and this includes trees, fences, and sometimes even ...

Juvenile Black Rat snake. Courtesy of Talena Chavis. In more terrifying snake news for Georgia, it seems that some of the 46 species can climb, and this includes trees, fences, and sometimes even ...

Snakes use their muscular bodies and scales to grip surfaces and propel themselves upward and some can even climb vertical ...

Juvenile Black Rat snake. ... but in a tree. ... but something with texture makes for easier climbing. “Rat snakes are good at climbing up the sides of trees and things like that where there’s ...