Nice, Fat, Little Sidewinder

[PinchedDreamer]

With temps here in the desert southwest starting to taper off, cold blooded creatures are able to spend more time hunting, and preparing for their impending hibernation instead of hiding from the sun/heat. It was evident that this little beauty had been taking full advantage of this shift in climate by the obvious bulge in it's belly once I was finally able to locate the source of it's annoyed rattling. Took some pics and a short video before moving on and allowing it to go back to hunting down disease ridden rodents and rattling at idiots walking around the desert in the dark. Here's one of the pics. Gorgeous.

 

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[fistfulladirt]

Coolness! Thanks for not harming it, I like and respect them..especially a sidewinder, since I live in Michigan, no worry.
We have one dangerous viper in my state, peeps locally freak out over a 2-foot long serpent...

 

[PinchedDreamer]

I love rattlesnakes. They are incredible examples of evolution, and it's interesting to see the different adaptations each species has undergone to best suit their specific needs. I do my best to leave them alive and healthy when we cross paths, and will even show them back out into the desert when they are close to the park or bike paths. I know a lot of people would rather see them killed, but I'd rather them continue to provide free pest control and keep rodent numbers down as low as they can....

 

[smokeythecat]

I almost stepped on one outside of Las Vegas years ago. It was coiled up and half under the sand hunting lizards or other tasty stuff. I got its picture and left it. I scared the snot out of it.

 

[SusanMN]

I live too far north for poisonous snakes and that is just fine with me.

 

[PinchedDreamer]

Smokey, I had something very similar happen to me a few years back and actually posted about it on here. Nice size diamondback. Here's a link to the post if you're interested in reading about it and seeing the pic. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-daily-snapshot/539379-if-were-snake-would-have-bit-me.html

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