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My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 05:50 UTC

If you're not following me, there is a post above this one about a baby rattlesnake I found right next to the porch when I got home and then relocated about a mile away. I forgot to change the visibility to public.

So there is this widespread belief that if you relocate a rattlesnake, it will die, therefore "might as well kill them anyway."

I'm in the process of compiling studies about this topic. There is some truth to the fact that relocated snakes don't fare so well, but there is significant nuance here. It'll be the topic of a blog post!

Either way, the bottom line for me is that moving that little snake out to the edge of town means one of two things will happen: it will find a new home and thrive; or, it will help feed road runners, king snakes and anything else that eats rattlesnakes. Either one is fine with me. I won't kill them.

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My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 05:50 UTC

If you're not following me, there is a post above this one about a baby rattlesnake I found right next to the porch when I got home and then relocated about a mile away. I forgot to change the visibility to public.

So there is this widespread belief that if you relocate a rattlesnake, it will die, therefore "might as well kill them anyway."

I'm in the process of compiling studies about this topic. There is some truth to the fact that relocated snakes don't fare so well, but there is significant nuance here. It'll be the topic of a blog post!

Either way, the bottom line for me is that moving that little snake out to the edge of town means one of two things will happen: it will find a new home and thrive; or, it will help feed road runners, king snakes and anything else that eats rattlesnakes. Either one is fine with me. I won't kill them.

#HerpReport #Snakes #Rattlesnakes #herps

#herpreport #snakes #rattlesnakes #herps

My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 05:50 UTC

If you're not following me, there is a post above this one about a baby rattlesnake I found right next to the porch when I got home and then relocated about a mile away. I forgot to change the visibility to public.

So there is this widespread belief that if you relocate a rattlesnake, it will die, therefore "might as well kill them anyway."

I'm in the process of compiling studies about this topic. There is some truth to the fact that relocated snakes don't fare so well, but there is significant nuance here. It'll be the topic of a blog post!

Either way, the bottom line for me is that moving that little snake out to the edge of town means one of two things will happen: it will find a new home and thrive; or, it will help feed road runners, king snakes and anything else that eats rattlesnakes. Either one is fine with me. I won't kill them.

#HerpReport #Snakes #Rattlesnakes #herps

#herpreport #snakes #rattlesnakes #herps

My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 05:50 UTC

If you're not following me, there is a post above this one about a baby rattlesnake I found right next to the porch when I got home and then relocated about a mile away. I forgot to change the visibility to public.

So there is this widespread belief that if you relocate a rattlesnake, it will die, therefore "might as well kill them anyway."

I'm in the process of compiling studies about this topic. There is some truth to the fact that relocated snakes don't fare so well, but there is significant nuance here. It'll be the topic of a blog post!

Either way, the bottom line for me is that moving that little snake out to the edge of town means one of two things will happen: it will find a new home and thrive; or, it will help feed road runners, king snakes and anything else that eats rattlesnakes. Either one is fine with me. I won't kill them.

#HerpReport #Snakes #Rattlesnakes #herps

#herps #rattlesnakes #snakes #herpreport

My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-20 · 05:50 UTC

If you're not following me, there is a post above this one about a baby rattlesnake I found right next to the porch when I got home and then relocated about a mile away. I forgot to change the visibility to public.

So there is this widespread belief that if you relocate a rattlesnake, it will die, therefore "might as well kill them anyway."

I'm in the process of compiling studies about this topic. There is some truth to the fact that relocated snakes don't fare so well, but there is significant nuance here. It'll be the topic of a blog post!

Either way, the bottom line for me is that moving that little snake out to the edge of town means one of two things will happen: it will find a new home and thrive; or, it will help feed road runners, king snakes and anything else that eats rattlesnakes. Either one is fine with me. I won't kill them.

#HerpReport #Snakes #Rattlesnakes #herps

#herpreport #snakes #rattlesnakes #herps

My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-18 · 18:56 UTC

Well, now I have someone else to worry about. When I left in early May, there were three tame iguanas this size and one big one, "Don." So far this is the only one I've seen since I got back. She immediately remembered me and came up looking for mealworms.

We've had a poor monsoon season here, so there has been very little to eat, yet she looked kinda chonky. I have been assuming she was gravid. A little late in the season for that, but not entirely so.

This morning, though, I saw her trying to eat something and eventually swallow it down. Then I realized it was a date from the neighbor's Phoenix canariensis, the date palms that produce little round fruits. They are 90% hard seed with a coating of sweet fruit rind.

It's hard to believe she can pass that seed! And now I wonder if her chonk is just her belly filling up with the rock-hard seeds 😱

I'm going to ask some #herpetologist friends.

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My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-18 · 18:56 UTC

Well, now I have someone else to worry about. When I left in early May, there were three tame iguanas this size and one big one, "Don." So far this is the only one I've seen since I got back. She immediately remembered me and came up looking for mealworms.

We've had a poor monsoon season here, so there has been very little to eat, yet she looked kinda chonky. I have been assuming she was gravid. A little late in the season for that, but not entirely so.

This morning, though, I saw her trying to eat something and eventually swallow it down. Then I realized it was a date from the neighbor's Phoenix canariensis, the date palms that produce little round fruits. They are 90% hard seed with a coating of sweet fruit rind.

It's hard to believe she can pass that seed! And now I wonder if her chonk is just her belly filling up with the rock-hard seeds 😱

I'm going to ask some #herpetologist friends.

#HerpReport #LizardReport #iguana #herps

#herpetologist #herpreport #lizardreport #iguana #herps

My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-18 · 18:56 UTC

Well, now I have someone else to worry about. When I left in early May, there were three tame iguanas this size and one big one, "Don." So far this is the only one I've seen since I got back. She immediately remembered me and came up looking for mealworms.

We've had a poor monsoon season here, so there has been very little to eat, yet she looked kinda chonky. I have been assuming she was gravid. A little late in the season for that, but not entirely so.

This morning, though, I saw her trying to eat something and eventually swallow it down. Then I realized it was a date from the neighbor's Phoenix canariensis, the date palms that produce little round fruits. They are 90% hard seed with a coating of sweet fruit rind.

It's hard to believe she can pass that seed! And now I wonder if her chonk is just her belly filling up with the rock-hard seeds 😱

I'm going to ask some #herpetologist friends.

#HerpReport #LizardReport #iguana #herps

#herpetologist #herpreport #lizardreport #iguana #herps

My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-18 · 18:56 UTC

Well, now I have someone else to worry about. When I left in early May, there were three tame iguanas this size and one big one, "Don." So far this is the only one I've seen since I got back. She immediately remembered me and came up looking for mealworms.

We've had a poor monsoon season here, so there has been very little to eat, yet she looked kinda chonky. I have been assuming she was gravid. A little late in the season for that, but not entirely so.

This morning, though, I saw her trying to eat something and eventually swallow it down. Then I realized it was a date from the neighbor's Phoenix canariensis, the date palms that produce little round fruits. They are 90% hard seed with a coating of sweet fruit rind.

It's hard to believe she can pass that seed! And now I wonder if her chonk is just her belly filling up with the rock-hard seeds 😱

I'm going to ask some #herpetologist friends.

#HerpReport #LizardReport #iguana #herps

#herps #iguana #lizardreport #herpreport #herpetologist

My camera shoots fascists @[email protected] · 2026-08-18 · 18:56 UTC

Well, now I have someone else to worry about. When I left in early May, there were three tame iguanas this size and one big one, "Don." So far this is the only one I've seen since I got back. She immediately remembered me and came up looking for mealworms.

We've had a poor monsoon season here, so there has been very little to eat, yet she looked kinda chonky. I have been assuming she was gravid. A little late in the season for that, but not entirely so.

This morning, though, I saw her trying to eat something and eventually swallow it down. Then I realized it was a date from the neighbor's Phoenix canariensis, the date palms that produce little round fruits. They are 90% hard seed with a coating of sweet fruit rind.

It's hard to believe she can pass that seed! And now I wonder if her chonk is just her belly filling up with the rock-hard seeds 😱

I'm going to ask some #herpetologist friends.

#HerpReport #LizardReport #iguana #herps

#herpetologist #herpreport #lizardreport #iguana #herps