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A pocket of poison While hiking a pine forest I almost walked right on top of these two dusky pigmy rattlesnakes. Yes thats right there are two here! The grey fade at the top of the photo is another one. Such tiny snakes I am surprised that I even noticed him but this find definitely made my day. Geotagged,Sistrurus miliarius barbouri,Summer,United States,macro,rattlesnake,reptile Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

A pocket of poison

While hiking a pine forest I almost walked right on top of these two dusky pigmy rattlesnakes. Yes thats right there are two here! The grey fade at the top of the photo is another one. Such tiny snakes I am surprised that I even noticed him but this find definitely made my day.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    "Wright and Wright include excerpts from Allen that describe how an assistant was bitten in the Everglades and suffered severe pain and swelling for about 24 hours despite treatment"

    Looks like you were lucky in more ways than one!     Posted 9 years ago
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    morpheme
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    I am so glad we don't have poisonous snakes out here... as much as I notice things on the trail, I think that there are lots of times I don't see the harmless garter snakes that we do have Posted 9 years ago
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      TristanV
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      Yeah I feel like I'm constantly on my toes conscious of every step Posted 9 years ago

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The Dusky pygmy rattlesnake

''Sistrurus miliarius barbouri'' is a venomous pitviper subspecies endemic to the southeastern United States.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
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Uploaded Sep 11, 2015. Captured Sep 11, 2015 14:38 in Unnamed Road, Tallahassee, FL 32305, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/512s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.