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mating ball
noun
a writhing mass of snakes, usually composed of a single female and 10 or more males attempting to mate with her.
Example Sentences
Often, multiple males will pile onto a single female, forming a tangled heap known as a “mating ball” that can seriously injure the female or even drown her.
Collectively, Donald Trump, his advisers and other minions, rank-and-file supporters, the Republican Party, and Fox News and the right-wing media are like a mating ball of fascist authoritarian snakes.
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”.
Each year, thousands of snake aficionados travel to the Narcisse Snake Dens of Manitoba, Canada for some mating ball tourism.
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