Snakes in the Wild

Male western diamondback rattlesnake courts a female outside their winter den.

Male western diamondback rattlesnake courts a female outside their winter den.

Male western diamondback rattlesnake courts a female outside their winter den.

This is how rattlesnakes normally act when people walk by... they stay still and hope they won't be seen.

Rattlesnakes are not out to get us.

Inside a Western diamondback rattlesnake den.

Two male western diamondback rattlesnakes fighting over a female (not pictured). These fights rarely end in injury.