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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

My kid used to love going for walks in the woods with me.

One day we came across one of these mating balls, and they had never seen a garter snake before. Despite my assurances that these are literally one of the most harmless things you can find in the woods, my kid has never willingly accompanied me for hikes since.

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I’m something of a mating ball, myself.

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I wish people were mating like this. Not that I want to, just it would be hilarious

[-] [email protected] 104 points 2 days ago

Snake orgy... you learn something new everyday...

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

I was perfectly okay not knowing about this

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

And now you're even better!

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I didnt know Canada was Australia. I always thought Canada was too cold for this shit.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Garter snakes are harmless, they run from you and don't bite.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Even if they did bite it would still be harmless, tiny teeth, low bite force, no venom, would hardly hurt if it managed to hurt at all.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Alright everyone...back in the pile.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Good thing the dont have feet, can you imagine the time lost while all the Canadian snakes had to appologize to each other?

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I mean yeah it's a giant snake ball but the worst thing a garter can do to you is stink on you as a means of self defense 😄 They're tiny and goofy and among the few potential pet snakes that can be kept without being fed vertebrates.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago

Well garden spiders also don't pose any harm, but I don't fancy getting into a giant ball of them

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

That's fair enough

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

They do bite. It doesn't really hurt but it's shocking when it happens.

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

I could finally find out how chewing 5 gum supposedly feels

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Humans really do do everything so wrong

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Admit you want to climb into the snake orgy a bit

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I'll never look at this scene the same way again.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Neither will he.

Whomp whomp.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Fuck all of this. I hate snakes more than Indiana Jones does. Last week I was taking laundry down to the basement and stepped directly onto a garter snake. Horrifying.

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The snake was probably horrified as well. At least it was a garter and not a rattler or mamba.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

I think there have been many gangbangs of larger scale throughout history.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Danger noodle ball of Nope

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

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]

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

This isn't where I parked my car.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Humans do this the first weekend of summer vacation at the lake/river.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

... and some of them have social anxiety ...

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