Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on top of a termite mound. Many pythons shelter in hollow termite mounds when not hunting. Queensland, Australia, February

Alex Hyde / Close up of coiled tail of Parson's chameleon {Calumma parsonii} showing scales and strong green colouration. Tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Tony Heald / Long nosed / Oriental Whip Snake [Ahaetulla prasina] Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, September

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas night snake (Hypsiglena torquata jani) coiled, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

Tony Phelps / (Albuca concordiana) plant, DeHoop Nature reserve. Western Cape, South Africa.

MYN / Brady Beck / Pygmy / Pigmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarus) Scotland County, North Carolina, USA, May, meetyourneighboursproject.net

MYN / Brady Beck / Eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) coiled, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA, May, meetyourneighboursproject.net

Ernie Janes / Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) coiled around branch, captive

Billy Black / Neatly coiled sheet aboard a Hunter 216. Mystic, Connecticut, August 2004.

John Cancalosi / Blunthead Tree Snake (Imantodes cenchoa) coiled around vegetation. Costa Rican tropical rainforest.

Ernie Janes / Young Kayan woman wearing brass coils around her neck to lower the cavicle and make the neck look longer, Thailand 2009

Ernie Janes / Kayan girl wearing brass coils around her neck to lower the cavicle and make the neck look longer, Thailand 2009

Ernie Janes / Kayan women wearing brass coils around her neck to lower the cavicle and make the neck look longer, Thailand 2009

Ernie Janes / Kayan woman wearing brass coils around her neck to lower the cavicle and make the neck look longer, Thailand 2009

Ernie Janes / Kayan woman wearing brass coils around her neck to lower the cavicle and make the neck look longer, Thailand 2009

Ernie Janes / Kayan woman wearing brass coils around her neck to lower the cavicle and make the neck look longer, Thailand 2009

Ernie Janes / Kayan woman wearing brass coils around her neck to lower the cavicle and make the neck look longer, Thailand 2009

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus). Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Juergen Freund / Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) coiled with its head resting on its body, against a white background. Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils, seen from above. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) coiled around the leaves of a Frangipani. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) inspecting an ant. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on a tree by the edge of a watering hole. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on top of a termite mound. Many pythons shelter in hollow termite mounds when not hunting. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Close-up of Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) head and coils. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) on white background, seen from above. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled in a figure-of-eight on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) coiled on white background with head raised. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) seen from above, coiled on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) beginning to uncoil on white background. Taken in Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) on a yellow Heliconia flower. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Massive 2.5 metre Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) perched on a tree trunk in the forest. Queensland, Australia, February

Alex Hyde / Panther chameleon, close up of tail uncoiling {Furcifer pardalis} Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Panther chameleon, close up of coiled tail {Furcifer pardalis} Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Nose-horned chameleon {Calumma / Chamaeleo nasutus} close-up of tail photographed against a white background. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Close up of coiled tail of Parson's chameleon {Calumma parsonii} showing scales and strong green colouration. Tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Giant millipede {Aphistogoniulus sp} coiled in defence. Lowand rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Panther chameleon, close up of coiled tail {Furcifer pardalis} Madagascar.

Daniel Heuclin / Ladder snake (Rhinechis / Elaphe scalaris) coiled up on the ground, France, Europe. Controlled conditions.

Michael D. Kern / Beautiful Pit Viper (Trimeresurus venustus) body held up in coils, captive, from Asia

Stephen Dalton / Panther chameleon (Furcifer / Chamaeleo pardalis) close up of tail, controlled conditions

Patricio Robles Gil / Close up of vine tendril coiling round plant in cloudforest, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico, April

Pete Oxford / Close up of coiled Chameleon tail, MADAGASCAR

PREMAPHOTOS / Short nosed / Dwarf chameleon (Chamaeleo / Calumma gastrotaenia) in rainforest, Madagascar

Kerstin Hinze / Large Whipsnake (Coluber jugularis) Bulgaria

Steven David Miller / Carpet python coiled up resting (Morelia spilota variegata) Lamington NP, Queensland, Australia

Pete Oxford / Amazon / Common tree boa (Corallus hortulanus) Yasuni NP, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Amazon / Common tree boa (Corallus hortulanus) Yasuni NP, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Juvenile Emerald tree boa {Corallus canina} Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, South America

Robert Valentic / Inland taipan, female {Oxyuranus microlepidotus} South Australia.

Flip de Nooyer / Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) adult at nest entrance among coils of twine, Europe

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Calabar Ground Boa (Charina reinhardtii) as a defensive behavior, coils body into a ball, head and tail look alike, native to West Africa

Flip de Nooyer / Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) chicks in nest among coils of twine calling to parent, Europe

Mary McDonald / Green tree python coiled ready to strike in defensive position {Chondopython viridis}

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's shovel-snout Snake (Prosyma sundevalli) tightly coiled, Western Cape, South Africa.

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's shovel-snout Snake (Prosyma sundevalli) tightly coiled, Western Cape, South Africa.

Erwan Quéméré / Coiled rope on the foredeck of a "Tofinou" boat, originating from Ile de Ré near La Rochelle. Charente maritime, France.