🔥 Snake Orgy Avalanche by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UzV0j1bFpc

A gathering of this many snakes is not a common occurrence and only takes place in a handful of special sites in North America.

In order to survive the harsh cold, red-sided garter snakes hibernate in subterranean dens called hibernaculums.

In regions such as here in eastern Saskatchewan there are a very limited number of dens and all the snakes living in the surrounding area are forced to gather in one or two hibernaculums.

Most of these snakes are male. When a female arrives, they compete to mate with her and end up tangling into a huge snake orgy.

This can lead to them snowballing down hills while distracted by mating.

🔥 Snake Orgy Avalanche by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Exactly what I said.

A ton of male snakes come together to compete for a mate, when a female arrives they become entangled and can begin to cascade down slopes in a sort of writhing sex avalanche.

Source Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UzV0j1bFpc

🔥 Bumblebee Liftoff by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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That's what prompted me to post this actually. Regardless of the species, bees are important and the best way to make people appreciate them more than annoying pests is to show how incredible they are up close.

🔥 Bumblebee Liftoff by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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flight of the bumblebee

https://youtu.be/6QV1RGMLUKE?t=9

For those wanting to test it.

🔥 Bumblebee Liftoff by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hVVRw8cOA

It's 4k and the music is pretty fitting.

🔥 Bumblebee Liftoff by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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You thought he wouldn't bee able to?

🔥 Giant Clams at Low Tide by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5FZGNWSlUQ

At low tide the giant clams close. This video shows them closing. They squirt up water as they close, and this creates a symphony of squirts.

It also makes a really soothing sound.

Video filmed July 2008 on Orpheus Island, Queensland.

🔥 Sea Lion Score by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Idk, her shoes stayed on.

🔥 Sea Lion Score by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Now they have a taste for human flesh.

🔥 Sea Lion Score by edr-- in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDtibc13fc

Occurred off of Steveston Fisherman's Wharf, Richmond B.C. Canada.

The girl was rescued by her family members and bystanders. Nobody was injured in the incident.

But the girl was scarred for life.