Serpents in Love

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Once a year, in the Narcisse Snake Dens of Manitoba, Canada, the garter snakes come out to mate. The trouble, as far as the masses of males are concerned, is that there are relatively few females around. On the other hand, there are lots of humans crowding the boardwalks above them, eager to watch the largest gathering of snakes in the world (story, video): http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140626-snakes-narcisse-animals-mating-sex-animals-world/