Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: rattlesnakes
From: Anders Nygren <txmanyg@txm.ericsson.se>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:30:28 -0600

drodgers@nextlink.com wrote:
> 

<snip>

> BTW, I was once came across a rattlesnake sunning himself on the road. I
> stopped my car with the tire right on top of his head.  I touched the snake
> -- which was about  4 feet long. Quick as a flash the tail wrapped around
> my arm. My heart didn't slow down for at least an hour. That's the last
> time I got close to a live snake in the wild
> 

I know some animals are tougher than You would think but are You sure
that it 
is correct to say that a rattlesnake is alive when there is a car parked
on
its head?

/Anders Nygren