Ssss-preading the love! 群れている of mating snakes 原因（となる）s Florida park to の近くに on Valentines Day

  • A traffic roundabout in Lakeland, Florida, was の近くにd 負かす／撃墜する on Thursday as a large 群れている of snakes gathered for their 年次の mating 開会／開廷／会期
  • 報告（する）／憶測s were made to the Parks Department as it was first believed the snakes were moccasins and that they could be dangerous
  • The water snakes are not believed to 提起する／ポーズをとる any 脅し to the public but the area was 非常線，警戒線d off so they could enjoy their Valentine's Day
  • The snakes will go their separate ways when done to return next year

By フランs Mulraney and Associated 圧力（をかける）

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A 群れている of frisky snakes shut 負かす／撃墜する a roundabout in Florida this Valentine's Day for a mating 開会／開廷／会期.?

公式の／役人s in Lakeland, central Florida, received 報告（する）／憶測s that a large number of snakes were 集会 on a roundabout 近づく Lake Hollingsworth on Thursday as some passers-by 警告するd that the snakes may be dangerous.?

When the city's Parks Department arrived, they discovered that they'd acquired tickets to a peep show, as the growing number of snakes appeared to have gathered to mate.?

The sizzling snake orgy 軍隊d the department to の近くに of the section 近づく the lake to let them at it in their 年次の mating 開会／開廷／会期.??

The Lakeland Parks Department announced the snakes were mating after reports were made

The Lakeland Parks Department 発表するd the snakes were mating after 報告（する）／憶測s were made

The large brown water snakes swarmed to one traffic roundabout to mate on Thursday

The large brown water snakes 群れているd to one traffic roundabout to mate on Thursday

'It appears they have congregated for mating ... as they seem to do 年一回の,' the city's Parks & Recreation department wrote Thursday on Facebook, asking anyone in the area to make sure they 'do not 乱す'.?

They 株d several PG photos of the 集会 showing the lake shoreline and a closeup 発射 of a brown snake nestled in leaves.

It also appears to be something of a one-day fling for the snakes 伴う／関わるd as the 地位，任命する （人命などを）奪う，主張するd, 'once the mating is over they should go their separate ways.'?

にもかかわらず 早期に 報告（する）／憶測s （人命などを）奪う，主張するing that the snakes 伴う／関わるd were the more dangerous?moccasins, the department 確認するd that they discovered only water snakes in the area, an essentially 害のない 種類.?

The area was cordoned off so the snakes could enjoy their annual mating in peace

The area was 非常線，警戒線d off so the snakes could enjoy thei r 年次の mating in peace

Passers-by initially spotted the remarkable number of snakes and reported to authorities

Passers-by 最初 spotted the remarkable number of snakes and 報告（する）／憶測d to 当局

The water snakes could also be seen in the trees in the area where they were gathering

The water snakes could also be seen in the trees in the area where they were 集会

'They have identified the snakes 設立する by the roundabout as Florida water snakes,' the 地位，任命する said.??

'They are 非，不，無-venomous and 一般に not 積極的な as long as people do not 乱す them. ?

'Florida water snakes are a native 種類 and as their 指名する 暗示するs, aquatic 環境s are their habitat. They are 一般に 設立する 残り／休憩（する）ing in tree 四肢s over water or basking on shorelines. They are an important part of the ecosystem and should not be 乱すd.'

As a 警戒, tape was placed up around the area to 保護する both the snakes and the innocent 注目する，もくろむs of the public and 調印するs were hung to 行為／法令／行動する as a 'do not 乱す' for anyone walking by.???

The snake sex 集会 may not be an uncommon as you think. In Narcisse in Canada, tens of thousands of red 味方するd garter snakes wriggle from their dens 毎年 for a ten-day （一定の）期間 of mating every spring.?

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