If you are an arboreal mammal and live in Australia, you are absolutely not immune from the snake-like strangling embrace of a bush python. These versatile hunters use their powerful and muscular bodies to climb trees. To do this, they use a technique known as "accordion movement," in which the snake alternately stretches and contracts parts of its body to push itself up. By attaching a part of its body to a branch or the trunk itself, the snake pulls the front part of its body up.