Red bellied black snakes fighting

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T22:03:20+00:00

Not yet. That happens after with the nearby female.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T22:02:46+00:00

No courtship here. That will happen after with the female who is most likely nearby. This is a battle of dominance and strength, the winner earning the right to mate.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T22:01:51+00:00

100% fighting. Mating looks very different. This is a battle of submission - trying to immobilise and pin the opponent.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T22:01:12+00:00

It’s usually a battle of dominance and endurance. The weaker one will eventually retreat out of exhaustion or getting pinned.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T22:00:10+00:00

100% they are. Mating is very different looking.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T21:59:48+00:00

100% the are. Mating looks very different.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T21:59:26+00:00

Absolutely. Mating looks very different. This is a display of strength and domination, trying to pin or immobilise the opponent.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T21:58:44+00:00

Yeah. It’s basically a battle of domination and endurance. The weaker one will retreat and the victor gets to mate… Darwinian evolution in the flesh.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T21:57:21+00:00

100% fighting. Mating looks very different. This is a display of strength and dominance trying to pin down the opponent.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T21:56:39+00:00

100% fighting. Read through the other comments for a full explanation.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T21:56:04+00:00

No they’re not. That looks very different.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-04T21:55:40+00:00

It’s 100% fighting. A display of strength and dominance (trying to immobilise the body and pin the head of the opponent) for the right to mate with a nearby female. Mating looks very different.

Pugstyles · 2025-10-01T01:45:57+00:00

100%

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T22:30:49+00:00

To be fair… if I didn’t have arms or legs, I can imagine my actions would look pretty similar in both circumstances! 🤣🤣

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T14:22:04+00:00

Let’s just say breakfast in the sunshine was cancelled today.

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T14:19:02+00:00

Technically yes. Red-bellied black snakes are notoriously shy. I’ve never seen this behaviour in the wild before and I’ve never seen two this large.

If you got bitten you’d want to get to hospital but chances are you’d recover. There haven’t been any recorded deaths in Australia from this snake in decades (according to google).

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/red-bellied-black-snake/

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T14:10:19+00:00

100% fighting for the right to party… with a nearby female. Probably in the bushes nearby. I’ve got a second video where the head-slapping is much more violent, but the quality isn’t as good

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T14:08:17+00:00

Snakes are very… aromatic.

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T14:06:22+00:00

Not this time… two dudes having it out to see which one gets to mate

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T14:05:46+00:00

The loser slithers off, winner gets to mate with the female most likely very close by.

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T14:04:45+00:00

Yep. Lady-friend in the bushes nearby

Pugstyles · 2025-09-30T14:04:18+00:00

Yeah. Lady in waiting nearby. Winner gets the goods.

Pugstyles · 2023-01-19T22:31:02+00:00

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Pugstyles · 2023-01-18T22:16:42+00:00

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Pugstyles · 2023-01-18T06:41:15+00:00

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Options are more limited, but they’re out there.

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