We can't stop watching this gif of 5 snakes slithering between walls

If snakes make you squeamish, you're going to want to stop reading right now. 

Okay, don't say we didn't warn you. 

On Imgur, a mesmerizing gif of five snakes is, pardon the pun, snaking its way to the top spot on the image sharing platform. In the gif, each snake is confined by a set of walls with a different width, which makes the creatures slither in distinctly different patterns. 

Here's a look.

This gif actually comes from this 2013 video,"Video for walking snakes between walls with different width." The snakes were part of a study from the scientific journal "Interface," which examined the "wave-like shape" of each snake under certain circumstances. You can check out that whole study here. 

Even if you're not interested in the science behind it, the gif is still totally mesmerizing. Though, we're not quite sure how mesmerized the snakes were. 

 You can watch the whole video here or below. 

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