On 3/28/2014 12:12 PM, John Howard wrote: John,That's apparently exactly what happens -- folks hunt them, dump them, and take scary pictures. Without even having seen the photos, he was describing to me what they showed - then, when he viewed the file, it was as he had described. Apparently 'rattlesnake guys' (such as he is) get a real kick out of us 'newbies' about these photos. Apparently there are several sites that those 'in the know' discuss these photos on...
David Erbas-White
Thanks. When I saw the images I thought it looked like folks had been hunting them and displayed the full catch for a scary image. Worked! They do taste like chicken, so I've heard.John Sent from my iPhoneOn Mar 27, 2014, at 10:33 PM, David Erbas-White <derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:derbas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:On 3/27/2014 9:27 PM, John Howard wrote: Turns out, it is a hoax... (my son was laughing his butt off at me...) http://www.hoax-slayer.com/rattle-snake-nest-pictures.shtml David Erbas-WhiteIs that for real???? With almost a half century of Jeeping and desert camping I've seen just a few lone snakes. Never anything like that.Ok you got me! But not real! Right? John Sent from my iPhoneOn Mar 27, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Chris J Kobel <Chris.J.Kobel@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Chris.J.Kobel@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:Forwarded by an off-roading friend of mine. Yikes!! Careful out there!Thought you would like to see what has just emerged in Red Rock Canyon.Just what we need ..... a nest of them. Mary Subject: Mojave Green Note the Hibernaculum (den, nest, burrow, basket) full of Crotalus Scutulatus (Mojave green).Which would be a group, gang, rumba, nest, bed of ... "snak-an-" which wasderived from theProto-Indo-European word (s)neg-o- (to crawl/creep). Anyway you folks that hike or ride motorcycles out in the desert be extra careful, these pics were taken lastweek in Red Rock Canyon. Watch it!!! <Mojave Green Red Rock Canyon CA.pptx>
