Western Diamondback Rattlesnake — Image by kenne
A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment
against others is — a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.
 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake — Images by kenne
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 Today we were hiking in the Brown Mountain area of the Tucson Mountains. This is the first rattlesnake I’ve seen in almost two years of hiking in the Sonoran Desert. Relatively speaking, this western rattlesnake is a little guy. As you can see, he blinds in nicely to the environment, which might explain why he was almost stepped on by some fellow hikers before creating a lot of commotion. By the time I got closer for these photos, he was coiled and making a lot of noise — the loudest I’ve ever heard from a rattlesnake. He was not happy with our being in his territory. I’m more familiar with darker rattlers in the southeastern U.S.
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 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake — Images by kenne
