It's rattlesnake season here in the desert ...

Born_A_Truman

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Fri Jun-11-10 09:28 PM
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It's rattlesnake season here in the desert ...

This one was trying to get in my sliding glass door today.

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foxfeet

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Fri Jun-11-10 09:31 PM
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1. Oh, hell. We've got banana slugs bigger than that.

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begin_within

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Fri Jun-11-10 09:34 PM
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2. I saw a young, small one in my backyard

here in the middle of San Diego. Our house faces a canyon. Yikes! The last thing I need to worry about.

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jobycom

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Fri Jun-11-10 09:43 PM
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3. Maybe he was just flirting with the rattlesnake he saw in the glass.

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Born_A_Truman

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Fri Jun-11-10 09:47 PM
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4. Maybe so ...

I do have tinted glass ...

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Fri Jun-11-10 09:49 PM
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5. No rattlesnakes here, but I did see a possum in my back yard yesterday.

We never used to see possums around here. It was kind of startling.

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alphafemale

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Fri Jun-11-10 09:50 PM
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6. He/She's eyes look a little cloudy

Problee about ready to slough some skin

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OhioChick

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Fri Jun-11-10 10:19 PM
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7. Oh my.....

I don't think that I could live there. I'd have a heart attack if that was looking in at me.

:scared:

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Kali

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Sat Jun-12-10 12:20 AM
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8. they do tend to like door stoops, don't they

we had a big beautiful coral snake at a leaky pipe the other day, and have seen lots of squashed snakes on the roads, but so far haven't seen a rattler since the freakout on x-mas day (search my posts then)

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Born_A_Truman

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Sat Jun-12-10 10:56 AM
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14. Yes, this is the 2nd one that has done this ...

since I've lived here that was up on the porch like this, and we had one at the back door once. With all the land here you'd think they would avoid the house. Lots of field mice here for them. I had a beautiful gopher snake last year that came around alot but haven't seen it this year yet. I knew immediately this was a rattlesnake before I even got up close.

Many people say they don't know the difference but to me it's obvious.

We have red racers out here too.

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petronius

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Sat Jun-12-10 12:22 AM
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9. Isn't it always rattlesnake season?

Or do they hibernate or something?

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MiddleFingerMom

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Sat Jun-12-10 01:52 AM
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10. Rattlesnakes DO hibernate...

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In dens, burrows, often called hibernaculum -- according to
one study up to dozens of them in one big mass huddled together
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Check out this video... if you DARE!!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0npWIPhMV8
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Born_A_Truman

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Sat Jun-12-10 10:50 AM
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12. Oh boy!

Quite a video.

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Born_A_Truman

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Sat Jun-12-10 10:51 AM
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13. Yes, there is a season

but living here in the Mojave, I watch for them all year just to stay in practice.

Never seen a Mojave Green yet and hope I don't but others have this year.

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HEyHEY

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Sat Jun-12-10 02:27 AM
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11. No! It's duck season!

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GreenPartyVoter

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Sat Jun-12-10 11:17 AM
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15. And people ask why I put up with the Maine Winters. :^)

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mix

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Sat Jun-12-10 11:22 AM
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16. That is intense and a fear of mine.

We have timber rattlers here in northern NM, among a few other types of non-venomous snakes.

Scary!

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