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One of the two juevenile rattle snakes we saw at the Pinnacles N.M. on 5/5/07. I took this picture to remind myself to keep an sharp eye out. I can imagine someone reaching down to pick up the pack, startling the snake, and getting bitten. We warned the owner of the pack, so no problems.
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[ Post a Comment ]| rpc | love - hate | | 
Voted 10/10 | snakes scare the crap out of me...yet I enjoy looking at their photos on SP ? weird...
This one's tiny. | | Posted May 7, 2007 2:05 pm |
 | | lisae | Re: love - hate | | 
Hasn't voted | I am not particularly scared of snakes, but seeing this one at the base of the climb sort of weirded me out. I was real, real careful where I put my hands and feet for the rest of the day.
He was small - about a foot long when uncoiled and had a small diameter. But he certainly had a rattle . . . This weekend we saw two juevenile rattle snakes; I've never seen one at the Pinnacles before this, although I know they are common there. | | Posted May 7, 2007 2:29 pm |
| | rpc | Re: love - hate | |
Voted 10/10 | good eye - I would've totally missed it till it bit me I'm sure! nice shot of this "baby". | | Posted May 7, 2007 4:50 pm |
| | lisae | Re: love - hate | |
Hasn't voted | Jen saw him first. What was really scary was that Ron and Jenny's 4 month old was sleeping on the other side of the rock. Jen quietly moved the baby, taking care not to alarm Jenny who was beginning a climb.
We didn't say anything to Jenny until she had walked off. | | Posted May 7, 2007 8:10 pm |
| lcarreau | You're kidding ! | | 
Voted 10/10 | I worked for a whole season in Pinnacles back in the 90's, and I didn't see one snake. There seemed to be a lot of them along the Kaweah River inside Sequoia NP, however.
Greetings! My wife & I reside in Arizona. My wife has a real fear of snakes. Where she comes from, SNAKES live in trees. She didn't think abouit looking down on the ground, when she found her first Diamondback here in AZ. I love your California photos! | | Posted Dec 5, 2007 9:41 pm |
| | lisae | Re: You're kidding ! | |
Hasn't voted | I'd never seen any snakes at the Pinnacles before this one, but other folks I know who climb there a lot say they have seen a lot of them. I am lot more cautious now... | | Posted Dec 6, 2007 12:25 pm |
| lcarreau | Perhaps | |
Voted 10/10 | its better to error on the side of caution. Great photos, lisae! Please keep them comin' our way!!! | | Posted Dec 6, 2007 12:31 pm |
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