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[-] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 100 points 3 months ago

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

[-] kernelle@0d.gs 14 points 3 months ago

I was perfectly okay not knowing about this

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

And now you're even better!

[-] patxi@mastodon.world 8 points 3 months ago
[-] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

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

[-] hera@feddit.uk 58 points 3 months ago
[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 56 points 3 months ago

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 3 months ago

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 11 points 3 months ago

That's fair enough

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

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

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 7 points 3 months ago
[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 months ago

They might realise the power of teamwork and together bind me in webs and communally devour me. Now they have a taste for human, are organised and each pregnant with 1500 spiderlings.

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[-] hash@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 months ago

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

[-] hera@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago

Maybe 10k of them slobbering all of you might not be good then

[-] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

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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[-] Draupnir@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago
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[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 36 points 3 months ago
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[-] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago

Alright everyone...back in the pile.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago
[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 months ago
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[-] spacesatan@leminal.space 20 points 3 months ago

I could finally find out how chewing 5 gum supposedly feels

[-] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months 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.

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

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

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[-] b3an@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

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

[-] PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 months ago

Worlds biggest gangbang

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

This isn't where I parked my car.

[-] boaratio@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months 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.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago
[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 3 months ago

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

[-] iMastari@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Danger noodle ball of Nope

[-] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 17 points 3 months 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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[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

I'm going to have nightmares about this.

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 15 points 3 months ago

Admit you want to climb into the snake orgy a bit

[-] NIB@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

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

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 15 points 3 months ago

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

[-] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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.

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I’m something of a mating ball, myself.

[-] disgruntledpelican@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

Humans really do do everything so wrong

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago
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[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

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

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

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

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

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

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months 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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