mating ball

American  

noun

1. a writhing mass of snakes, usually composed of a single female and 10 or more males attempting to mate with her.

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Example Sentences

Using radio trackers, scientists found the snakes like to occupy gopher tortoise burrows, and found six males and a female squeezed into a “mating ball”.

From The Guardian

Each year, thousands of snake aficionados travel to the Narcisse Snake Dens of Manitoba, Canada for some mating ball tourism.

From Salon