The footage is a time-lapse captured by the orbiter's Extreme Ultraviolet Imager on Sept. 5. It took the snake three hours to slither across the solar surface at a breakneck speed of about 170 ...

This snake was only confirmed as a new species in 2006, but locals have known about it for years. Found in the deserts of western Iran, scientists thought that the object on the end of its tail ...

More recent designs, such as gem-wreathed watch faces shaped like a venomous snake’s triangular head, have mimicked the creature’s slinky form more directly.

Assuming the Snake Watch reaches production, a pledge of a whopping 4,038 Singaporean dollars (about US$3,002) will get you one. But hey, that price does include a nylon-weave/rubber strap.

The watch is powered by the in-house caliber 115, a hand-wound movement that boasts a 10-day power reserve and a unique non-linear power reserve indicator shaped like a snake's tongue.

You can see this snake using the concertina climbing method of vertical locomotion. In the video, you’ll watch it effortlessly make its way from the ground up to the base of the tree.

Like the flash of a garden snake darting through the grass, an undulating stream of plasma shoots across the sun in a new time-lapse video from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter.

The snake genuinely seems pretty pleased with the free ride. [Related: A new tail accessory propels this robot dog across streams .] “The snakes want their legs back!” ...