Would you visit a place where 100,000 snakes emerge at once? Here’s why it’s one of the world’s strangest wildlife spectacles

Tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes emerge annually from underground dens in Manitoba's Narcisse Snake Dens for mating. Following a severe population decline due to highway deaths, conservation efforts including underpasses and reduced speed limits have led to a remarkable recovery, with numbers now estimated between 75,000 and 150,000.

Would you visit a place where 100,000 snakes emerge at once? Here’s why it’s one of the world’s strangest wildlife spectacles
Tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes emerge annually from underground dens in Manitoba's Narcisse Snake Dens for mating. Following a severe population decline due to highway deaths, conservation efforts including underpasses and reduced speed limits have led to a remarkable recovery, with numbers now estimated between 75,000 and 150,000.