Living in Mexico we're learning more about creepy crawly critters than we may have cared to. Within the last 2 weeks, Roberto (our neighbor) has brought home 2 snakes that had been run over, the second still being alive for a brief time after arriving to our homestead. The first he skinned and is going to hang on his wall (I'm sure his wife will be very happy about that); the second he sold. Fortunately neither of them made it to our table! However, we did learn several important lessons :
- rattlesnakes curl up as seen below when about to strike
- if you want to kill it you should come from the front, because they always strike behind them (as do scorpions).
Other random facts we have observed about the wildlife here is that daddy-long-legs like to hide in yellow gingham curtains and that flies are their food of choice!
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Hmm... probably not the best post after the invitation to come visit...
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