locking their lithe bodies together in an intimate embrace to form one super-snake.But don’t be fooled. Even though it might look like a romantic dance, this video actually shows two males fighting, most likely over a nearby female, which is a common occurrence in spring and early summer, when the snakes are breeding.”We hear reports, and even get sent photos and footage, of pairs of various types of snakes that are ‘braided’ together,” Nick Clemann, from the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment, told the Herald Sun back in 2012.”Almost everyone thinks that they are seeing mating behaviour, but what they are actually seeing is a ritualised wrestling bout between male snakes.”So what exactly is going on here, and how are the males actually hurting each other with all that twistin
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