Borneo's Flying Reptiles Wild Borneo

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00:00 Life in Borneo's forest canopy often defies expectations.
00:04 Many animals live and die here without ever
00:08 touching the ground.
00:10 And danger comes from any direction.
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00:56 With the snake on his trail, the lizard keeps moving.
01:01 But the end of the branch is not the end of the line.
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01:24 By fanning out the skin attached to its rib cage,
01:27 the lizard can fly between trees.
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01:32 But the snake has some tricks of its own.
01:35 Spreading its ribs and flattening its body,
01:43 the snake becomes an airfoil.
01:46 And by adjusting its body shape, it
01:48 can guide itself toward its prey.
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01:56 In this hunt, the snake is outmaneuvered.
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