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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.

[–] Draupnir@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

hey, I (now dead lemm.ee about) posted it first,

they took ma votes

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

I’m something of a mating ball, myself.

[–] RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world 104 points 2 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] kernelle@0d.gs 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was perfectly okay not knowing about this

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 37 points 2 days ago
[–] b3an@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

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

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

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

[–] hera@feddit.uk 61 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 60 points 2 days ago (7 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 2 days ago (6 children)

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

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[–] vala@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

They do bite. It doesn't really hurt but it's shocking when it happens.

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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)
[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago

Alright everyone...back in the pile.

[–] spacesatan@leminal.space 20 points 2 days ago

I could finally find out how chewing 5 gum supposedly feels

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 15 points 2 days ago

Admit you want to climb into the snake orgy a bit

[–] funkajunk@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] disgruntledpelican@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

Humans really do do everything so wrong

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll never look at this scene the same way again.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Neither will he.

Whomp whomp.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Good thing the dont have feet, can you imagine the time lost while all the Canadian snakes had to appologize to each other?

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

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

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days 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 2 days ago
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 2 days ago

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

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

I'm going to have nightmares about this.

[–] PurpleGameBoy@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 days ago (9 children)
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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] iMastari@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Danger noodle ball of Nope

[–] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 16 points 2 days 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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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

This isn't where I parked my car.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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

i kinda wanna know what lakes you go to now

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

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

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