Rattlesnakes Are Different Than People Expect

[00:00:00]That's so cute.

[00:00:02]I haven't got one from you guys in a long time.

[00:00:13]He's so cute. Have you seen one before?

[00:00:16]>> No, actually. This is my first time.

[00:00:18]>> Really?

[00:00:18]>> Yeah. I'm not from here. I'm from New York. So, >> wa What do you think?

[00:00:22]>> I think um pretty cool, actually.

[00:00:24]>> This is called a speckled rattlesnake.

[00:00:26]>> Speckled rattlesnake.

[00:00:27]>> Yeah. Yeah. So, it's it's really cool.

[00:00:30]>> Are their heads normally that like shape?

[00:00:32]>> Yep. Yeah. That's so cool. This is your first >> rattles. Less uh crazy than you imagined.

[00:00:38]>> Yeah. I kind of thought that it would be like coming after me.

[00:00:40]>> Yeah, they're pretty chill. This is like pretty typical of how they are. They honestly always just try to get away.

[00:00:46]>> Really? Are they able to like get out?

[00:00:48]>> Yeah. Reach out of the way.

[00:00:49]>> He might be able to slither out if he really wanted to. [laughter] Yeah. Yeah. We just relocate, you know, just get them out of harm's people's way and then just relocate them back into the wild.

[00:01:01]>> All right. Well, >> you have Yeah, you have a good day.

[00:01:06]>> Starting to get a little warm out, so I'm just going to put some water in the bucket before I start this journey in.

[00:01:11]Look at that little snack.

[00:01:15]It's okay, a little better. I'm just going to put some water in there and then you can be nice and cool on this journey. I got to do all the work. I got to hike up a mountain cuz you live on a mountain. Yeah, you're gorgeous. Okay, stay down.

[00:01:30]I'll see you again when I release it.

[00:01:31]Don't worry, everybody. I'll say bye.

[00:01:34][music] Beautiful speckle rattlesnake here. Nice little gray one. I do love the specks from here. It's so crazy how different different they are from like my South Mountain specs. This is a really, really young one. I think I said young adult, but he's probably like a teenager.

[00:01:58][snorts] Um, very pretty, very healthy, gorgeous. All right, I will stop scaring you and I will put you in your new little home, but you are gorgeous. You did have a nice grassy area, but you're right in the middle of the open, little buddy.

[00:02:17]actually looks a lot less gray when you put it up to the rocks and a little bit more kind of pink tones. Pretty.

[00:02:26]All right. See a little specky.