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 iPhone > On Mar 27, 2014, at 10:33 PM, David Erbas-White <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-White > >> Is 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 iPhone >> >> >> On Mar 27, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Chris J Kobel <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 was >>> derived from the >>> Proto-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 last >>> week in Red Rock Canyon. Watch it!!! >>> <Mojave Green Red Rock Canyon CA.pptx> >