▲ 634 ▼ Garter snakes coming out of hibernation and into a tens of thousands strong mating ball in southern Manitoba, Canada (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] iMastari@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 child) Danger noodle ball of Nope permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) Nah, just a regular noodle ball of nope. Unless they bite you, it gets infected and you choose to ignore it, about the worst a garter snake will do to you is cover whatever part of you is touching them in some stinky piss. Like, leave them alone unless it's absolutely necessary, but garter snakes are pretty chill. Garter Snakes Garter snakes were long thought to be non-venomous, but discoveries in the early 2000s revealed that they produce a neurotoxic venom.[12] Despite this, garter snakes cannot seriously injure or kill humans with the small amounts of comparatively mild venom they produce and they also lack an effective means of delivering it. In a few cases, some swelling and bruising has been reported.[13] They do have enlarged teeth in the back of their mouths[14] but their gums are significantly larger and the secretions of their Duvernoy's gland are only mildly toxic.[13][15] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago Snake orgies AND stinky piss? They sure know how to party permalink fedilink source parent [–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago The smell is pretty hard to clean off permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) Nah, just a regular noodle ball of nope. Unless they bite you, it gets infected and you choose to ignore it, about the worst a garter snake will do to you is cover whatever part of you is touching them in some stinky piss. Like, leave them alone unless it's absolutely necessary, but garter snakes are pretty chill. Garter Snakes Garter snakes were long thought to be non-venomous, but discoveries in the early 2000s revealed that they produce a neurotoxic venom.[12] Despite this, garter snakes cannot seriously injure or kill humans with the small amounts of comparatively mild venom they produce and they also lack an effective means of delivering it. In a few cases, some swelling and bruising has been reported.[13] They do have enlarged teeth in the back of their mouths[14] but their gums are significantly larger and the secretions of their Duvernoy's gland are only mildly toxic.[13][15] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] match@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago Snake orgies AND stinky piss? They sure know how to party permalink fedilink source parent [–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago The smell is pretty hard to clean off permalink fedilink source parent
[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago Snake orgies AND stinky piss? They sure know how to party permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago The smell is pretty hard to clean off permalink fedilink source parent