Snake falls out of tree

[Land_Owner]

Yesterday I watched a beautifully colored Garter Snake about 20" in length and the width of my middle finger squirm his way across a palm branch until he lost his friction with the dried leaf and fell to the forest floor 15 feet below.  The fall didn't kill him, just knocked him upside down.  He writhed upright and began a quirky-jerky circle looking for the culprit that had pulled the proverbial rug out from under him (maybe it could also have been checking for predators).  Then he nonchalantly squirmed away.  Guess you could say he is "alergic to gravity."

[Cowpox]

Living proof that tree climbing reptiles should have opposing thumbs !

[clodbuster]

Live in SW Iowa.  I've seen plenty of black snakes in trees but never a garter.

[victorcharlie]

Back when I was a kid and spent warm summer days wadeing and fishing local creeks I had a snake slide off a limb, wrap a couple of times around my arm and then slip into the muddy water of the creek........

Scared the crap out of me.......

Which brings back other memories of shooting snakes and turtles sunning along the creek banks.........Lot slower times those days..........