tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post18010750073520516..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: The Rattlesnake InitiationChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-46657781775969456732008-08-05T08:59:00.000-06:002008-08-05T08:59:00.000-06:00Great post, Chas. Interesting book and I'm glad to...Great post, Chas. Interesting book and I'm glad to get your unusually qualified perspective on it.mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-63830150240150614892008-08-04T13:47:00.000-06:002008-08-04T13:47:00.000-06:00:::shudder::: Great post on rattlesnakes. Dan got ...:::shudder::: Great post on rattlesnakes. Dan got grazed about 4 years ago by a baby rattler. Even though it just broke the skin in a scratch that most of us wouldn't bother to even wash off, he was sick for 3 days. <BR/><BR/>On Wednesday, we were walking around Martin Lake at Lathrop Park we passed a shrub around dusk and had the shrub rattle at us. Dan did a quick "honey, that's a rattler. Let's move." We flew back to the truck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-7811292023704300872008-08-03T16:42:00.000-06:002008-08-03T16:42:00.000-06:00Up here in Ontario, Canada you will often find dur...Up here in Ontario, Canada you will often find during the winter months straight, sometimes wiggly tracks in the snow. These are left by snakes wearing cross-country skis. But I do suppose on warm summer nights, they might be prone to putting on a pair of high-heeled pumps - to each their own... :-)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>MungoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09393901684120935476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-65307769379915448232008-08-03T16:00:00.000-06:002008-08-03T16:00:00.000-06:00Me, of course. God told the snakes to crawl on its...Me, of course. God told the snakes to crawl on its belly in Genesis 3:14<BR/><BR/>Before that, they could wear sandals. Or high-heeled pumps, for all I know.<BR/><BR/>(No one reads closely on the Internet, have you noticed?)Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-91533566142207495562008-08-03T07:18:00.000-06:002008-08-03T07:18:00.000-06:00Ouch. I've just read your rattlesnake bite story -...Ouch. I've just read your rattlesnake bite story - was it the rattlesnake who was wearing sandals or was that you?<BR/><BR/>Adding you to my RSS reader... can't wait to read more.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>MungoMungohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819489744098705713noreply@blogger.com