It’s a unique sight — a threatened Eastern massasauga rattlesnake surrounded by her brood of offspring and out visible for all to see.

The rattlesnake named Gertrude, or Gertie, took shelter in the opening of a drainpipe earlier this summer and gave birth around late July or early August at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, the Detroit Free Press previously reported.

Now, there’s additional video to share thanks to the team at the botanical gardens and Nichols Arboretum.

The video shows a slithering mass of babies and mom on a sunny day in the gardens in Ann Arbor Township.

Roughly 12 baby snakes were spotted, Steven Parrish, natural areas specialist for the gardens, Nichols Arboretum and two other properties, previously told the Free Press.

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