Rattler, you are evidentally a serpent man (Doh!)
. I am very intrigued by most of the beautifully, patterned ones but was a little skittish in Namibia, and even though it was winter we had a smaller gabbon found outside the house one morning.
Last pd shoot in SD, one of our party stepped over a fence but levitated for an instant due to a short, forearm-thick Western Diamond back that would have been under his next step.
We saw more snakes that trip, one of which i used shooting sticks to put him in a cooler filled with ice. Six hours later, at home we sneaked a peak thinking he'd be "sleepy". Taking umbrage at our meddling in his day, he "cocked" his body and gave a nice sustained rattle -- my wife took umbrage with me. Well, he got the cryo- treatment and is now in permanent striking mode which I think he'd like.
