This created a sort of lasso shape that the snakes could use to shimmy up the pole—ever so slowly but effectively. Pythons, boas, pit vipers, and more can hunt in total darkness. They sense prey ...

For Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 29 in 2025, many restaurants have rolled out elegant snake-shaped creations using vegetables and fruit. Others opt to showcase eels to symbolise the reptile.

Like the seed that you plant in order to launch yourself.” The pairing of a shape-shifting snake with an element that’s both grounded and striving gives an urgency to this wood snake.