As night fell, he realized he was lost, and decided to climb a tree to avoid being eaten.

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But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

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Later, they will don hairy vests and carry baby Gladys on their backs, put on kneepads and gloves to move around like a gorilla, and they might knuckle-walk and climb a tree with baby on board.

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The good news for human firefighters is that at least a few of their traditional tasks still remain beyond the robosnake's capabilities -- well, until it's able to climb a tree and rescue a stranded cat without breaking its neck, that is.

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She managed to climb to the top of a 20-meter tree with the help of a security guard.

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His older brother, Scary Gary, who had already been in trouble with the law, had made him climb to the very top of a reedy Australian pine tree with a rope between his teeth.

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Welty said her son never met a tree he didn't want to climb and was so strong he could do pull-ups with two fingers.

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