I've come across too many rattle snakes to count, Mohave green, western diamondbacks, sidewinders..... Never been struck at but have been scared s$&@less by sitting on a log that started rattling. The sespe river above Ojia has some of the biggest westerns. In the desert we have a lot of sidewinders, they arn't aggressive and avoid people. I've come to really like rattlers they are quite amazing.
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