Snakes

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It is the season where the snakes are around so I did a little research to learn more about them:

www.fda.gov/fdac/features/995_snakes.html

between 7,000 and 8,000 people a year receive venomous bites in the United States, and about five of those people die.

Diamond Back Rattlesnakes:
www.desertusa.com/mag01/jan/papr/rsnake.html

The Western Diamondback, especially the juvenile, often comes under attack itself. It may become a meal for an eagle, a hawk, a roadrunner or a wild turkey; for a kingsnake or a whipsnake; or for a coyote, a fox, a badger or a feral hog. Regarded as an enemy and a threat, it may be trampled to death by a deer, an antelope, a cow, a horse or even a sheep. The Western Diamondback lives in a rough neighborhood.

So when can we get some wild turkeys and roadrunners.

The most dangerous snakes are not in this country:
www.reptile-gardens.com/reptile/topten.html

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Yup, we've gotten two kills on Boulder Ridge and we're quite a bit away from the river and the hills.

But the gopher seemed to have disappeared.