Okay, Dr. W sent me a paper on snake bites. I really hadn't thought of that danger, yet there I was climbing rocks a few hours later. Crotalus atrox and Crotalus oreganus are two possible types of rattlesnakes I could expect to find around here in Albuquerque. As I read more about the bit, the toxins, the deaths, I wasn't all that sure I would even leave the sidewalk. How common are they? I saw snake tracks on our walk that were about 3" wide in the fresh wet sand. After that every stick looked like a snake to me.
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Hmm the sign does tell you to stay on the trail! Sorry to keep scaring you but don't worry about rattlesnakes; there is antivenom to treat any bite. And we still have health insurance ;-)
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It was a darn big trail...and perfectly reasonable to be afraid. I don't hate them...I just aviod them.
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