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[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] miss_demeanour 28 points 2 weeks ago

Gesundheit.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was perfectly okay not knowing about this

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

And now you're even better!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago (4 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.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

That's fair enough

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks 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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I had one draw blood this spring! Granted, it was barely anything, but it still blew my mind it was capable of doing that.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Alright everyone...back in the pile.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks 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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

I could finally find out how chewing 5 gum supposedly feels

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

This isn't where I parked my car.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Admit you want to climb into the snake orgy a bit

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Danger noodle ball of Nope

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks 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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

I'm going to have nightmares about this.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks 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.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I’m something of a mating ball, myself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Humans really do do everything so wrong

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

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