A small town in Canada has thousands of unlikely visitors every year as a horde of snakes visits the area to perform mating rites.
The male red-sided garter snakes of Manitoba climb on the females and form ‘mating balls’ sometimes with dozens of males chasing after one female.
The mating occurs in pits during spring when the weather gets warm and the snakes come out in their thousands.
The best place to see this amazing sight is in the Narcisse Snake Dens of Manitoba in Canada.
More photos below:
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
No time to lose: Once the females slowly start to emerge, the males pounce
Clamoring males pursue a female by the dozens
Scent of a woman: The females eventually shake the males by rolling until they fall off, but the males still try to pursue her as her sex pheromones drive them mad
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