This is a beautifully done new book and photography by Mark Laita! I so want his book, "Serpentine". As Laita says, it is not a "snake book", it is more about color, texture, and form which the snake does beautifully and naturally! Take a look - the pictures are wonderful and it's a really nice and unique look at snakes in general. And, yes, that is Laita in the last photo being bitten by a black mamba during a photo shoot. He is lucky to have survived! Enjoy!
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/arts...hering-beasts/