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Rattlesnake Diplomacy |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / NATURE WALK |
| Author: Maxim Kniazkov |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2007 |
| Size: 912 Words, 5,715 Characters |
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Most sounds of danger trigger automatic responses in the human brain. If it thunders, take cover. If it howls, hide.
But if it rattles? Consult Nevadans John Potash and Robert Kettle for that.
And preferably do so before a rattlesnake--those four-foot critters with the cold stare of a Chicago gangster and the ability to deliver a deadly dose of venom with the speed of lightning--has you cornered and is making that familiar rattling sound.
To flee, or not to flee? That is the question. In the snake's desert home, your slick cellular phone, with medical help at the other end, likely will be way out of range.
Potash and Kettle are on the road more than they would like, insisting they are not a 91...
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...t know how they do it, but many people believe snakes can read into our intentions."
As for the question "to flee, or not to flee," they recommend staying put.
"Rattlesnakes tend to live in colonies," Kettle explains. "And for each one you see, there is probably quite a few nearby that you don't. If you run, you risk stepping on one of them."
Copyright © 2007 The Washington Times, LLC.
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