Sunday, July 4, 2010

Close Encounter with a Rattlesnake



Today, my family and I went hiking around just outside of Lander and as we were hiking, Sarah jumps and says, "There is a rattlesnake!". There it was, just coiled up in the sun. I wish I had pictures, but unfortunately our camera battery died just before we saw it. Dad decided to play Steve Irwin and got a big stick and held the snake's head down to make it rattle, which was really neat! Then he eventually picked it up right behind the head and made it bite the stick so that we could see its fangs and venom! What an adventure! We were much more careful with where we stepped from then on!

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