Ahhh, snakes. The spaghetti of the jungle, the tube socks of animals. But unlike spaghetti and socks, snakes aren’t really supposed to be put on or in your body. So we’ve rounded up people doing just that. Covering themselves in venomous, monstrous worms – for seemingly no reason at all.  

There’s actually a rich history of people dousing themselves in snakes. There’s a festival in Italy that’s all about it: there’s the classic Southern preachers who think they make them God, and of course, there’s the old reliable Fear Factor. Here’s some of the best pictures of… just a really weird, slimy hobby.