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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

Gesundheit.

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

I was perfectly okay not knowing about this

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

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

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week 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] 12 points 1 week ago

That's fair enough

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

This hit my nope reflex hard and now I understand the dislike of nope ropes

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week 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] 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Alright everyone...back in the pile.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

I could finally find out how chewing 5 gum supposedly feels

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week 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] 19 points 1 week 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] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

This isn't where I parked my car.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Danger noodle ball of Nope

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

I'm going to have nightmares about this.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Admit you want to climb into the snake orgy a bit

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

I’m something of a mating ball, myself.

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

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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] 9 points 1 week ago

Humans really do do everything so wrong

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

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

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