# Please help me identify these snakes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-these-snakes/445951>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-these-snakes/445951 "2008-04-18T23:05:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-these-snakes/445951/21 "2008-04-20T14:34:17Z")

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Just wanted to clarify – the term was used several times after your post, and “a few males will cluster around a female” could imply she was mating with more than one.  
There are a lot of people who are ignorant about snakes (and want to kill them) and I was just taking the opportunity to educate. “Breeding ball” eh? I like that. So I learned something too. Thanks. 🙂

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