The monotony of the trail had made me weary, then I heard the unmistakable buzz and saw movement in the trail ahead of me. Not three feet away was a giant rattlesnake coiling to strike. I was instantly terrified, energized and alert. I recognized the feeling from about thirty years ago when I was snorkeling […]
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I grew up in Texas, where each of the four North American poisonous snakes lives, so it seems natural to me that I’m afraid of snakes. I grew up with horror stories of giant rattlers, quiet and sneaky copperheads, and vicious cottonmouths that aggressively defended their watery territory. We swam in many farm ponds, where […]
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