SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Those things are awesome. It's really fun to watch them stalk their prey (insects). Just don't handle them because they will almost always sh!t all over you if you do.
Wildlife encounters
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da big hills
iMTB Rockstah
Waiting for my wife to forward wildlife encounter photos
Sasquatch9billion
iMTB Rockstah
Found this little guy in the living room the other night.
I think he’s fresh to the world, most of his buddies are bigger and know to stay out of the house.
I think he’s fresh to the world, most of his buddies are bigger and know to stay out of the house.
CBone
iMTB Rockstah
jimbowho
Well-Known Member
Maybe you can go do some drywall work while your wife handles your business.
Y-not
iMTB Rockstah
Just don't handle them because they will almost always sh!t all over you if you do.
Kinda like a newborn baby.
Oaken
Well-Known Member
We’ve got a ton in the back yard. Sadly, they all have docked tails thanks to the cat.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Luckily, they grow back. I wish I could grow a new back, neck, knee, and hips.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Another nice Gopher snake today on our ride through Poly Canyon
da big hills
iMTB Rockstah
Gopher snake: Alice Cooper eyes
da big hills
iMTB Rockstah
Actually she is doing wedding flowers in my drywall project. But that is over so I can start playing with mud
Y-not
iMTB Rockstah
No encounters on the trail, but on the ranch we have so much animal activity.
Rabbits. (I think they all wear a shock wiz for bait)
Quail
Deer
Coyotes
Woodpeckers (I hate these destructive animals)
Dove
Scorpions ( haven't heard them play music)
Cats, Cats, and Cats
Dogs
Horse
Chickens
Guinneys
Turkeys (domestic and wild)
Other assorted birds
Ducks (my favorite pets)
Snakes (not for the last 2 years, but I know they ......are out there watching us )
Trantulas
Flies (big ones)
Squirrels ( they may be blind, I dunno)
Cougars (2 legged ones)
These are what I have seen so far.
Rabbits. (I think they all wear a shock wiz for bait)
Quail
Deer
Coyotes
Woodpeckers (I hate these destructive animals)
Dove
Scorpions ( haven't heard them play music)
Cats, Cats, and Cats
Dogs
Horse
Chickens
Guinneys
Turkeys (domestic and wild)
Other assorted birds
Ducks (my favorite pets)
Snakes (not for the last 2 years, but I know they ......are out there watching us )
Trantulas
Flies (big ones)
Squirrels ( they may be blind, I dunno)
Cougars (2 legged ones)
These are what I have seen so far.
Danimal
iMTB Addict
If you see a Big Foot, take a pic and let us know! Think that's about all your missing, other than Bear, and you posted a photo of Bear tracks a few days ago IIRC.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
That's a "Blue Belly", AKA, Western Fence Lizard.
Rumpled
Well-Known Member
Ah, bummer was hoping for more alligators. Thanks for the ID.
We have tons of those around as well.
Haven't seen one that small.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
This is what baby alligator lizards look like and they are not known for climbing walls.
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da big hills
iMTB Rockstah
Moving a heavy potted Aloe plant. Dropped it in the street and the pot broke. Picking it up I notice the dead leaves moving. Now my wife is rescuing wildlife, baby rats. two all the fur but eyes not open. They are cute. But they are rats
CBone
iMTB Rockstah
This guy was on the trail Tuesday night. We stopped to take some pictures and he didn’t move. I guess he was hoping we didn’t notice him.
When he had finally had enough he struck at my bike and headed right for me. He was just trying to get to cover in some bushes beside me.
Strange behavior striking at my bike - but the bike I was riding that night has a heat signature - if you know what I mean
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When he had finally had enough he struck at my bike and headed right for me. He was just trying to get to cover in some bushes beside me.
Strange behavior striking at my bike - but the bike I was riding that night has a heat signature - if you know what I mean
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SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
I've had them strike at sticks and our bikes in the past. Anything that has a temp warmer than the air.This guy was on the trail Tuesday night. We stopped to take some pictures and he didn’t move. I guess he was hoping we didn’t notice him.
When he had finally had enough he struck at my bike and headed right for me. He was just trying to get to cover in some bushes beside me.
Strange behavior striking at my bike - but the bike I was riding that night has a heat signature - if you know what I mean
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da big hills
iMTB Rockstah
rode out of Happy Camp Can going big ring small cog and ran over much of anything on the tread. At the end the next guy says you ran over so many rattlesnakes. I did not see any. If I knew the "branches" were snakes I would not have run over them.
Sasquatch9billion
iMTB Rockstah
Awesome!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Rumpled
Well-Known Member
Wow! That is something for your buddy to have witnessed. Would love to see the video.
Lost Kiwi
Well-Known Member
Looks like the one I saw on Santiago Truck Trail earlier in the year. Very cool!
DangerDirtyD
iMTB Hooligan
Saw this poor fellow along Harding TT.
I suspect it was bitten by a rattlesnake and was dying because it barely moved when I approached it.
Maybe I shoulda taken it home for dinner and pelt.
I suspect it was bitten by a rattlesnake and was dying because it barely moved when I approached it.
Maybe I shoulda taken it home for dinner and pelt.
kingaucho
Well-Known Member
Poor guy!