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I had just zoomed down a small hill and was starting to
slow down as I coasted up another one on my way into Pueblo,
Colorado when I was startled by a snake entering the
roadway. I swerved a bit out into the lane knowing that no
cars were behind me, keeping an eye on the snake. As
I passed by I could hear it rattle at me as it turned
around and headed back into the dirt. This was a
rattlesnake! I stopped my bike a safe distance away to check
it out. The snake had stopped moving with its head in the
shadow of some grasses and with part of its body out in the
open. Can you see its head on the left hand side of the
photo above? Rattlesnakes have hard nodules at the end of
their tail that have something loose inside of them that can
make sound. You will hear them shake their tails if they
feel threatened. This snake was at least as scared of me as
I was of it. Rattlesnakes are colored many shades of brown
and you can see the pattern on their back in the photo
below. I doubled back on the road to try to get a picture of
its tail but when I did so the snake disappeared. It
probably slithered into a hole nearby. Rattlesnakes are
poisonous. They inject venom into their prey through a few
long, sharp, needle-like teeth. If you are bit by a
rattlesnake you should seek medical assistance
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