![Snake 'mating ball' in North Carolina is a rare, lucky sighting | Backyard wildlife | Earth Touch News Snake 'mating ball' in North Carolina is a rare, lucky sighting | Backyard wildlife | Earth Touch News](https://www.earthtouchnews.com/media/1948617/mating-ball-thumb_2017_04_20.jpg)
Snake 'mating ball' in North Carolina is a rare, lucky sighting | Backyard wildlife | Earth Touch News
Great BIG Nature - A Mating Ball! Come spring-time, piles of Garter snakes emerge from their den. Males are ready to mate after their second hibernation, while females mate after three years.
![Mating ball of garter snakes caught on campus | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder Mating ball of garter snakes caught on campus | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder](https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/article-thumbnail/garter_snake_mating_ball_2.jpg?itok=nJb0zE3T)
Mating ball of garter snakes caught on campus | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder
![The snake mating ball , seen every spring with they emerge from their winter sleep. - Picture of Wood Buffalo National Park, Northwest Territories - Tripadvisor The snake mating ball , seen every spring with they emerge from their winter sleep. - Picture of Wood Buffalo National Park, Northwest Territories - Tripadvisor](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/6f/0f/01/the-snake-mating-ball.jpg)