And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Seen tons of them in the wild. Even stepped on on at night, heard his rattle and lifted my foot, and moved away. People think rattlers will attack you. The only way a rattler will strike you is if you have cornered it and give it no room to escape. Think about this, if you see a large rattler, it only got that way by eating, hence, plenty of pests around to feed upon.
Fear of snakes I believe is built in for some folks. I am one. Surprised by a curved dead branch mowing the lawn I'll run over the damn thing cursing up a storm.... I know others just as crazy(?) as I am. I live in Maine which (supposedly) has no poisonous snakes. So, being cool, I shouldn't overreact - but I do.
Excuse me Mr(or Mrs, as the case maybe)Snek, didn't see you laying there in all your glory. Useful fact: Your much more likely to die of a lightening strike that a rattlesnake bite.
I think it's an Eastern diamondback, and it is probably digesting. The large, mid length bulge is his last meal. I haven't experienced Eastern Diamondbacks, but plenty of westerns, and they get really bite happy while digesting.
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ReplyDeletemy thought exactly.
ReplyDeleteThat rattler is mad and ready to strike Joe
ReplyDeleteever seen one that wasn't?
DeleteSeen tons of them in the wild. Even stepped on on at night, heard his rattle and lifted my foot, and moved away. People think rattlers will attack you. The only way a rattler will strike you is if you have cornered it and give it no room to escape. Think about this, if you see a large rattler, it only got that way by eating, hence, plenty of pests around to feed upon.
DeleteBill, the Mohave Green is aggressive and will pursue you even across open ground. Walking speed is not fast enough, a quick walk is barely enough.
DeleteFear of snakes I believe is built in for some folks. I am one. Surprised by a curved dead branch mowing the lawn I'll run over the damn thing cursing up a storm.... I know others just as crazy(?) as I am. I live in Maine which (supposedly) has no poisonous snakes. So, being cool, I shouldn't overreact - but I do.
ReplyDeleteOut east of Denver (out on the prairie) the rattlers seem to be so hot and dry that they are pissed off and are biting people and animals like crazy.,
ReplyDeleteExcuse me Mr(or Mrs, as the case maybe)Snek, didn't see you laying there in all your glory. Useful fact: Your much more likely to die of a lightening strike that a rattlesnake bite.
ReplyDeleteDon't Tread On Me!
ReplyDeleteMy son had a dry bite once when mtn. biking when he didn't check where he was stopping and put a foot down in Cedar Park State Park, Texas.
ReplyDeleteIt was dry in that no venom was injected. A trip to the ER and still massive swelling but no anti-venom needed.
Lucky lad! Had close calls while hiking, but no bite.
ReplyDeleteLooks like my ex-wife
ReplyDeleteis it a diamond back
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DeleteI think it's an Eastern diamondback, and it is probably digesting. The large, mid length bulge is his last meal. I haven't experienced Eastern Diamondbacks, but plenty of westerns, and they get really bite happy while digesting.
DeleteWestern Diamondback.
DeleteNone of the above. It is a Blacktail Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus).
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