Portrait of a long necked Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, AsiaThe women of the Padaung hill tribe wear heavy brass ornaments around their neck and limbs. These ornaments look like separate rings but are really a continuous coil of brass that can weigh anywhere from five to twenty-two kilograms and measure up to 30 meter in length. The quantity of visual rings (in reality, the length of the brass coil) is increased every year, according to the age of the woman.

Close-up of a rattlesnake, Belize, Central America

Highland Eyelash pit viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) rolled up around a flower, Costa Rica

Hiking trail winds through light-flooded forest, sun shines through morning mist, Thuringian Slate Mountains, near Bad Lobenstein, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Road winds over barren mountains, up and down, vastness, Myvatn, Northern Iceland, Iceland, Europe

Road winds through wintry landscape in the Fjell, individual mountain huts, Gaularfjellet, Sunndal, Sogndal, Norway, Europe

Close up of Western diamondback rattlesnake

Close up of power plant

Schlegel's viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) venomous nocturnal adult curled up at rest on a branch, Costa Rica

Speckled Salamander and Glomeris wound, Pyrenees France

Tentacle of North Pacific Giant Octopus, Alaska USA

White-lipped Island Pit Viper on a branch, Komodo Indonesia

White-lipped Island Pit Viper on a branch, Komodo Indonesia

Rainbow boa;Epicrates cenchria), Regina, French Guiana

Olive Whip Snake catching a Lizard, Etosha Namibia

Portrait of White-lipped Island Pit Viper, Komodo Indonesia

Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus), juvenile, Madre de Dios, Peru

West-Asian blunt-nosed viper (Macrovipera lebetina obtusa), Iran

Juvenile Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) at rest, Sauel, French Guiana

Cayman (Caiman crocodylus yacare) vs Anaconda (Eunectes murinus). Cayman caught an anaconda. Anaconda strangles the caiman. Brazil. Pantanal. Porto Jofre. Mato Grosso. Cuiaba River.

Cayman (Caiman crocodylus yacare) vs Anaconda (Eunectes murinus). Cayman caught an anaconda. Anaconda strangles the caiman. Brazil. Pantanal. Porto Jofre. Mato Grosso. Cuiaba River.

Cayman (Caiman crocodylus yacare) vs Anaconda (Eunectes murinus). Cayman caught an anaconda. Anaconda strangles the caiman. Brazil. Pantanal. Porto Jofre. Mato Grosso. Cuiaba River.

West-Asian blunt-nosed viper (Macrovipera lebetina obtusa), Iran