Snakes

Wow.  These are really cool photos of a snake consuming a monitor lizard.  Reportedly in Arizona. From my email “These pictures were taken by one of the the road crew at Cloudbreak, Arizona last week. It took a total of 5 hours for the snake to finish off the Goanna (Sand Monitor).  As you can [...]

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Get a gander at this huge eastern diamondback rattlesnake.  Reportedly the largest ever recorded. It’s hard to tell from the photos if they killed this sucker. It would be a shame to kill such a magnificent creature. Although, I usually follow the philosophy that the only good snake is a dead snake — you know [...]

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Epic Battle between a Woodpecker and a Snake

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Rattle Snakes in Palo Duro Canyon – Texas

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I wonder if your snake-proof boots would stop a monster western diamondback rattlesnake of this size.  Something tells me, no.   This sucker would probably strike you in the thigh. I wonder how many wouldn’t wet their pants when running across this giant. Seems I recall that you can tell the age (in years?) of [...]

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