While some would argue that "Snektember" was a rather silly thing to celebrate, others would argue that there were other things that were just as silly to celebrate, if not more so. For instance, many people (especially male Animalians at the BARA House) liked to celebrate "Bicep"tember by getting as pumped as possible and showing off on the Animalia Website.
Fortunately, Horizon Labs didn't seem to be too bothered about this and offered a discount on snake conversions (including customizations like the herm and/or multiple arm additions) for the month of September, as well as extending the "deadline" for registration for the Year of the Snake Competition to the first of October. While the discounts weren't as big as discounts for veterans during Veterans and Memorial Day, it was enough to provide some incentive.
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While Shun's accidental conversion to a herm was a surprise, it was an isolated incident that didn't throw the 'Retreat to Beat the Heat' off completely. In fact, the 'snek discounts' encouraged several women (and men) to choose snake for their conversion species. While most of the retreat wasn't recorded, there were secondhand accounts from participants to confirm that there were big, gooey "orgy balls" resulting from these snake conversion.
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There were also stories on the website on those whom had already converted to snake Animalians and the number of challenges they faced, including some that nobody really expected.