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This is the second rattlesnake in my yard in a few weeks, plus the one I relocated from my neighbor's yard. I've never seen one in my yard before though I've seen a couple on this block relatively close.
What I'm guessing is that this is actually a normal number of rattlesnakes, but I am seeing them now because I'm usually not here in early May, plus we had that bizarre heat wave in late March, which probably woke all the snakes up and brought them out of hibernation early. This is also probably why it feels like there are far more lizards than I've ever seen here before. I usually have to leave by late April and it's usually not this hot yet.
The fact that we had an extremely dry winter and there's virtually no annual vegetation growing anywhere probably also contributes. No plants means no flowers which means no seeds which means no food for rodents, so I'm guessing that snakes probably have to wander much further to try to find a meal.
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This afternoon I was planting some cactus in the front yard and I saw the big gopher snake again, slithering along the wall…
"Gopher snake"... um... then I saw the black and white striped tail and the rattles as it emerged from behind a cactus. Another western diamondback rattlesnake!
I got my camera with the telephone lens and got a bunch of close-ups, then went back to get my snake stick and a bucket. Unfortunately the critter was behind a very spiny hedgehog cactus and pulling it out would have potentially hurt it, so I let it get away into the rock pile.
I continued about my work, and then saw it a little while later over under the pomegranate tree. Then a few minutes later I didn't see it. It's out there somewhere 🤷♂️
Given that I don't have to get under the house to do any work anytime soon, I'm not gonna worry about it.
I'll just think of it like inspector Clouseau's manservant Cato, there to keep me on my toes.
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I walked up to the snake, slid my snake hook under it, lifted it up and dropped it in the bucket. Quite a simple quick move, but unfortunately it was able to hook a small bit of its head and upper body over the edge of the bucket and then slither out before I could plop it in. At that point it got scared and tried to make it run for it and so it took me a couple more tries to actually get it in the bucket. It never once tried to strike or even rattle.
They really are quite docile creatures that mostly want to be left alone.
The neighbors were very grateful that I took it away.
By the way, I learned how to handle snakes like this by watching professional herpetologists. If you do it right it's quite safe. The snake hook I use is made out an old golf club with the head cut off. I fabricated a large metal hook that I epoxied into the shaft.
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CW: Bitey snake in a bucket!
I have some new neighbors across the street, from the Pacific Northwest. We've chatted a few times and yesterday I gave them a whole bunch of cuttings off of my cactus here to help them landscape their yard. I was talking about all the lizards and snakes that live here and how I had to catch and relocate a rattlesnake from under the crawlspace in my house. I suggested to them that they look into rattlesnake aversion training for their dog.
I also said that if they found a rattlesnake in the yard, I'd be happy to come get it and relocate it. Jinx, I guess, because she walked over this evening and said that there was rattler in their yard. A western diamondback, like the one that was under my house. Absolutely beautiful snake with 14 rattles! It's much bigger than it looks like curled up in the photos in the bucket.
Alt text in first pic has info about distinguishing western diamondbacks from Mojave rattlesnakes.
#Rattlesnake #HerpReport #Herpetology #LifeInTheSonoranDesert #Snake
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Here's me with my makeshift broom noose after I got the snake and crawled up out of the crawlspace.
I was all suited up because of the heavy dust and rat turds under there. It was ...a day.
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CW: Bitey snake
Free at last! I took it several hundred yards away to the edge of the wild desert where there was a giant fallen pile of brush so at least it can get safe and get its bearings while it figures out where it wants to go next.
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CW: Bitey snake
Bitey snake in the bucket. Such a handsome guy. Western diamondback. They're very common around here.
The black-and-white stripes are to help call visual attention to the rattle and the sound that the snake is making. Rattlesnakes are generally reclusive and rarely aggressive. The purpose of the rattle is to warn you off.
This is a form of aposematism, a very clear warning that this animal is not good to eat or mess with. Is it fascinating evolutionary adaptation. Wikipedia has a good discussion of it. Worth following some of the links too!
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Visiting this gorgeous Western Diamondback (Crotalus atrox) showing off that iconic diamond pattern.
One of North America's most formidable pit vipers — best appreciated through glass.
#Rattlesnake #Herpetology #snek https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/western-diamondback-rattlesnake/ -
https://www.europesays.com/news/12424/ It’s not your imagination. This is a weird rattlesnake season. Here’s what’s happening #disease #EmilyTaylor #GregPauly #Headlines #ManyCall #march #News #people #prey #rattlesnake #RattlesnakeBite #serpent #snake #TopStories #venom #WarmTemperature #WeirdRattlesnakeSeason #year
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It's not your imagination. This is a weird #rattlesnake season. Here's what's happening
Emily Taylor has lived in California for 20 years and has never gotten as many calls about rattlesnakes as she did last month.Taylor owns Central Coast Snake Services, a serpent consulting business, directs the Physiological Ecology of Reptiles Laboratory at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is part of a network of volunteers who help ethically relocate rattlesnakes into the wild.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-01/its-not-your-imagination-this-is-weird-rattlesnake-season-heres-whats-happening -
Red Diamond Rattlesnake 4
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Rattlesnake sightings increase on the Central Coast as temperatures rise
Rattlesnake sightings increase on the Central Coast as temperatures rise As tempera…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #area #burton #carmelvalley #centralcoast #child #hiker #Home #Hotspot #Matingseason #numerouscall #people #pet #presence #rattlesnake #rattlesnakesighting #Rattlesnakes #Science #Sightings #snake #spring #temperature #warmtempatures
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Rattlesnake sightings increase on the Central Coast as temperatures rise
Rattlesnake sightings increase on the Central Coast as temperatures rise As tempera…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #area #burton #carmelvalley #centralcoast #child #hiker #Home #Hotspot #Matingseason #numerouscall #people #pet #presence #rattlesnake #rattlesnakesighting #Rattlesnakes #Science #Sightings #snake #spring #temperature #warmtempatures
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/547734/ -
Rattlesnake sightings increase on the Central Coast as temperatures rise
Rattlesnake sightings increase on the Central Coast as temperatures rise As tempera…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #area #burton #carmelvalley #centralcoast #child #hiker #Home #Hotspot #Matingseason #numerouscall #people #pet #presence #rattlesnake #rattlesnakesighting #Rattlesnakes #Science #Sightings #snake #spring #temperature #warmtempatures
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Hmm, EMS chatter that somebody died on the trails here this weekend from a rattlesnake bite. Unclear on the mechanism of death (unusual to have someone die so quickly even after a rattlesnake bite), but watch out for those rattlers, folks! #ThousandOaks #ConejoValley #VenturaCounty #snakes #wildlife #heatwave #rattlesnake
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Big rattlesnake hiding in the grass. 😬 #rattlesnake #rattlesnakes #Snake #snakes #wildlife
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First baby rattlesnake sighting of the season. #rattlesnake #snake #snakes #wildlife #nature
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First baby rattlesnake sighting of the season. #rattlesnake #snake #snakes #wildlife #nature
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For #RattlesnakeAppreciationDay on #Woodensday :
Root #Rattlesnake
USA, c.1930
Carved & painted wood with metal
6 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄8 x 17 in. (15.9 x 58.7 x 43.2 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1986.65.321 https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/root-rattlesnake-25162 -
For #RattlesnakeAppreciationDay on #Woodensday :
Root #Rattlesnake
USA, c.1930
Carved & painted wood with metal
6 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄8 x 17 in. (15.9 x 58.7 x 43.2 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1986.65.321 https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/root-rattlesnake-25162 -
For #RattlesnakeAppreciationDay on #Woodensday :
Root #Rattlesnake
USA, c.1930
Carved & painted wood with metal
6 1⁄4 x 23 1⁄8 x 17 in. (15.9 x 58.7 x 43.2 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1986.65.321 https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/root-rattlesnake-25162 -
The Timber #rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a venomous pit #viper belonging to the family Viperidae and the subfamily Crotalinae.
#Metazoa #sflorg
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Auge einer Babyklapperschlange auf der Schlangenfarm in Schladen
Die Schlange war zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme ca 30cm groß und ist bereits genauso giftig, wie ihre größeren ArtgenossenDas waren dann mehrere Anläufe mit dem Makro-Objektiv
#makromittwoch #fotografie #photography #snake #eye #klapperschlange #rattlesnake
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Another photo from the Gold King Mine Ghost Town. I'm not sure what the rattle snakes are up to out there in Arizona, but apparently we need to stop them.
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CW: featureless nudity...
7. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
it me.you know I couldn't doodle a bunch of sneks without putting my own in there... no, he still doesn't have a canon outfit. gotta figure that out someday.
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#spe #scalie #anthro #furry #furryart #snake #male #spek #rattlesnake #viper #diamondback -
CW: lingerie, suggestive pose
crotalus atrox in lingerie 2
I was only gonna post the green one, but I tried pink and it looked too good to keep to myself. pink lingerie is just peak-> See more sketches like this at the $1.50 tier on Patreon and SubscribeStar: https://linktr.ee/scaliespe <-
#spe #scalie #sketch #furry #furryart #anthro #lingerie #snake #female #rattlesnake #viper -
CW: female nudity
crotalus atrox
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#spe #scalie #sketch #furry #furryart #anthro #nsfw #nudity #rattlesnake #female #solofemale #snake #viper #nude -
I do adore watching sidewinders move.
#Rattlesnake #Sidewinder #NativeSpecies #Desert #Mojave #Wildlife #Snake
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On a hike today we found a snake on our path. It started buzzing at us from under a bush. Later we learned that snakes don't buzz.
I had assumed a rattler would be more maraca-like.
Here is a 6 second video of the buzzing sound.
Unfortunately we didn't get any pics of the snake.
#nature #snake #rattleSnake #bc #Canada #iNat -
not new friends
Season 1 Episode 21 "Old Friends"
#RandomBaywatch #snake #rattlesnake #Baywatch #wildlife #venom #serpent #lvdlpx #Baywatch #OldFriends
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Glass Beams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4X56wIOZns
#youtube_kexp #find_new_music #music_discovery #latest_bands #live_performance #studio_session #studio_performance #live_version #live_recording #in_studio #instudio #KEXP #kexp_fm #live_music #livemusic #concert_streaming #online_concert #virtual_concert #Full_Performance #Glass_Beams #Melbourne #Australia #Mirage #Mahal #Orb #Rattlesnake -
Two western #Wisconsin rivers will get $500,000 in #Biden's Inflation Reduction Act funding to make their #floodplains more resilient to #ClimateChange — and protect an endangered #snake species that resides there https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/2024/01/23/chippewa-black-rivers-get-funding-to-fight-climate-change-save-snake/72124486007/ #USpol
"Much of that work will be concentrated on clearing brush and #InvasiveSpecies from the floodplain's #forests, #meadows, and #savannas... Eastern Massasauga #rattlesnake populations can rebound when they have enough habitat"
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It's a Snake Eat Snake World Out There. Eastern #KingSnake eats #RattleSnake in Georgia
Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. The unusual sight was filmed in Haddock, Georgia by 82-year-old Tom Slagle, who was surprised to find the entwined serpents near his mailbox.
#snake #Science #Nature #Georgia
📽️ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/ujCZIjQe
Live Science article: Snake caught eating even bigger snake in striking new video
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CW: SNAKES!!!!!
There's a nice 15 mile R/T bike ride on a low-traffic well-paved county road here that is also a good place to look for snakes at dusk.
Yesterday evening: a western diamondback rattlesnake (alas, turns out it was dying after being run over), a king snake and my first sidewinder rattlesnake!
I shooed the sidewinder off with a stick and picked up the king snake and carried it off the pavement. I dragged the diamondback off with a stick, but it was barely moving.
Alas, I have to be back in California soon, but we've got snakes there.
#snake #herpetology #RattleSnake #sidewinder #KingSnake #snek #NoStepOnSnek #SonoranDesert #Arizona
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Damien Rattlesnake Metalhead [2022]
Mixed media: acrylic paint, sharpie marker, ballpoint ink, white china grease marker & pencil on paper#gwapisimo #acrylicart #acrylicpainting #mastoart #sharpie art #latino #cascabel #rattlesnake #tattoos #metalhead
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Damien Rattlesnake Metalhead [2022]
Mixed media: acrylic paint, sharpie marker, ballpoint ink, white china grease marker & pencil on paper#gwapisimo #acrylicart #acrylicpainting #mastoart #sharpie art #latino #cascabel #rattlesnake #tattoos #metalhead
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Damien Rattlesnake Metalhead [2022]
Mixed media: acrylic paint, sharpie marker, ballpoint ink, white china grease marker & pencil on paper#gwapisimo #acrylicart #acrylicpainting #mastoart #sharpie art #latino #cascabel #rattlesnake #tattoos #metalhead
