Rattle Snakes and Goats
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Once upon a time, while hiking a canyon out behind the house, I heard a high pitch buzzing sound. It was a rattle snake, all balled up under a ledge. It was very small and I just ignored it, but from then on I was rather paranoid about encountering snakes in tight canyons. Not long after that I encountered this bull snake (we call them blow snakes because they puff up and his with a rushing-wind sound). These are harmless snakes that look a lot like a rattle snake. I decided it was a great chance to see what the goats would do if we encountered a more dangerous snake. This snake felt trapped and coiled up and put on a great show. The goats walked past it without a glance, except for Bacchus. Bacchus stared at it in a somewhat bored way for about 20 seconds, then carried on with the hike. I'm not so sure that I was pleased with their reaction :) I was hoping they'd dance around and skedaddle like horses do.
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Rattle Snakes and Goats - by Duck-Slayer - 12-24-2020, 02:54 PM
RE: Rattle Snakes and Goats - by Nanno - 12-24-2020, 08:14 PM
RE: Rattle Snakes and Goats - by Charlie Horse - 12-24-2020, 08:40 PM
RE: Rattle Snakes and Goats - by Taffy - 12-24-2020, 09:26 PM
RE: Rattle Snakes and Goats - by Saph - 12-24-2020, 11:31 PM
RE: Rattle Snakes and Goats - by Charlie Horse - 12-25-2020, 05:38 AM
RE: Rattle Snakes and Goats - by Nanno - 12-25-2020, 05:27 PM
RE: Rattle Snakes and Goats - by Charlie Horse - 12-25-2020, 08:32 PM

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