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On Guam, they tried to protect nesting boxes for birds from brown tree snakes by placing them on top of smooth, slippery poles.

Snakes: We call this lasso mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRjrawDTFXU

Article in Science:

https://www.science.org/content/article/guam-s-invasive-tree-snakes-loop-themselves-lassos-reach-their-feathered-prey

I heard about this on the wonderful “What the Duck” podcast:

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/what-the-duck/snakes-and-ladders/104010396