One of the hazards and dangers in living in the middle of the desert are some of the critters. Out walking my two dogs this morning, I was startled by a large Diamondback rattlesnake. The dogs were sniffing around about 12” away from it. I didn’t see it immediately. Thank God it was dead. Not sure what killed it, but it had not been died very long. This is right in our subdivision. It was just next to the sidewalk 2 doors down from my house. It’s about 3 feet long, you can see the rattles.
If one of my little dogs (6 and 8 lbs) got bit I don’t know what their chances would be at surviving the bite. An adult rattlesnake only injects venom about 50% of the time. They have discretion. The baby rattlers will unload all their venom and don’t have control yet, so that’s why they can be more dangerous than an adult.
Gnarls.
