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Herping - Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake

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When we went up the trail, we didn't see anything.  When we came back down, on the other hand, we found this guy about a foot off the trail.  We almost walked right past him!  He kindly let us take several pictures of him, but when he started shifting around as if to get his tail out to rattle, we moved on.  He seemed comfy, and we didn't want to stress him out.

I still didn't feel entirely comfortable walking right past him (like my friend did), so I fumbled my way through a small, stickery bush to give him some room.  (It was either a slowly-becoming-agitated rattlesnake, a stickery bush, or a cliff.  I chose the bush.)

The friend I was with drew this guy from one of her own pictures here:  Desert Beauty by Hydrophis .

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800x600px 220.01 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A640
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/4.1
Focal Length
29 mm
Date Taken
May 27, 2010, 7:12:49 PM
Sensor Size
1mm
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