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[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 104 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

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

I was perfectly okay not knowing about this

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[–] patxi@mastodon.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] hera@feddit.uk 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 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.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 41 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

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago

That's fair enough

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[–] hash@slrpnk.net 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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[–] Draupnir@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] funkajunk@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago

Alright everyone...back in the pile.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago
[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 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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[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 20 points 1 week ago

I could finally find out how chewing 5 gum supposedly feels

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.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

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

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

i kinda wanna know what lakes you go to now

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

This isn't where I parked my car.

[–] iMastari@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Danger noodle ball of Nope

[–] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 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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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I'm going to have nightmares about this.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 15 points 1 week ago

Admit you want to climb into the snake orgy a bit

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 12 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.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I’m something of a mating ball, myself.

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week 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 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 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.

[–] disgruntledpelican@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

Humans really do do everything so wrong

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

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

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