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[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] kernelle@0d.gs 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was perfectly okay not knowing about this

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[–] patxi@mastodon.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh god... it even has a name and happens a LOT...

[–] hera@feddit.uk 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 59 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 40 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 10 points 1 year ago

That's fair enough

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[–] hash@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their saliva is mildly toxic so if you're unlucky enough to be allergic you could get an annoying rash from a bite.

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[–] Draupnir@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago

Alright everyone...back in the pile.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago
[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

How long have pics existed? How long is history? And yet I'm thinking there could still be a pic.

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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.

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 20 points 1 year ago

I could finally find out how chewing 5 gum supposedly feels

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I've been in one of these before it's nice.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago

Admit you want to climb into the snake orgy a bit

[–] iMastari@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Danger noodle ball of Nope

[–] 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]

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I'm going to have nightmares about this.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

This isn't where I parked my car.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Ok so why are you taking photos and not joining in on the fun?

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I’m something of a mating ball, myself.

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] disgruntledpelican@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Humans really do do everything so wrong

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

There's a director out there, going: "I need this for real in my next movie."

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