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0d.gs

I was perfectly okay not knowing about this

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feddit.org

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.

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sopuli.xyz

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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sopuli.xyz

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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I now realise my comment could be interpreted as some kind of spider-furry fanfic, but I assure you I will not be impregnating any spiders under any circumstances.

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slrpnk.net

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

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lemmy.world

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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Picked it up like I usually do. This one was particularly feisty, striking at everything. Got me just right I guess.

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

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lemmy.world

I saw a documentary about this on the archive presented by a talented young female researcher. Fascinating stuff.

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lemy.lol

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

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lemy.lol

How long have pics existed? How long is history? And yet I'm thinking there could still be a pic.

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I would say, that drawings also count as history. They show glimpses how how life has been 10.000 and more years ago.

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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.

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lemmy.world

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

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

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ani.social

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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lemmy.world

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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I'm my defense, after I stepped on it, I helped it out of my basement. And beyond that, I bought a special snake scooper thingy to help me pick up any snakes in the future. I still have no idea how they get in.

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

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lemmy.world

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

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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.

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

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

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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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Manitoba remains my least favored province. But the snakes are cool at least.

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Garter snakes coming out of hibernation and into a tens of thousands strong mating ball in southern Manitoba, Canada | Spyke