Originally Posted by
unterhausen
In late spring, there are lots of pregnant rattlesnakes stretched out on the gravel roads around here. If it's on a downhill, I always aim for their tails. But the rattlesnakes around here coil up before they strike, it's pretty safe to pass by one that's stretched out. OTOH, I'm pretty sure I have aimed to go behind their tail and rode right past their head.
Whoa, whoa, whoa lemme stop you right there. Rattlesnakes are live-birthers, like guppies? What happened to laying eggs, for Pete's sake? At least the lizards and ground squirrels get a shot at them.