desperately try to mate with a single female in creepy Canada rite of spring
The red-sided garter snakes of Narcisse, Manitoba gather by the tens of thousands in caves during winter
When temperatures rise, the males become desperate with pheromone-spewing females
Males by the dozens pursue individual females in giant 'mating balls'
Creepy! The red-sided garter snakes of Manitoba winter together in dens that can have over 10,000 individuals
Frenzied: Each year the smaller males emerge first from their dens when warmth finally comes to the Canadian plains. They wait eagerly outside the dens by the thousands for the females to come out of their hibernation
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A single red-sided garter snake den, and the ensuing sexual display, can contain up to 10,000 snakes and carpet the ground completely in slithering, shiny black scales
I dare you to take a walk in the woods right now...
