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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:00 pm
by Myke Dronez
We saw a rattler out at Backside a couple months ago- got a good look and listen, and they don't sound like them rattlesnakes from the movies. Reminded me of television static. All of those Hollywood sound effects got us duped!
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:05 pm
by Lander
Definitely seen more copperheads over the years. And yeah come to think of it the one rattler I saw was on a rock ledge.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:08 pm
by 512OW
Only seen 2. One on the ground (BIG one near Rock Wars), and a baby on Cavers Route.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:58 pm
by Flyinlow
rhunt wrote:So did you actually see the snake? From what I know, timber rattlesnakes don't make their homes in rock cliffs. Bats can make a buzzing sound when they pissed which might be mistaken as a rattle. Just curious...
Good call. I finally looked at the pictures i took(couldn't make em out on the viewfinder) and it actually was a bat. Silly me. It sounded more like a rattler than anything else i could think of. I had no idea they could make noises like that.
You can just make out the pissed off bat hiding back in the back.of the crack:
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:49 pm
by Andrew
Someone should get rid of that flying rodent.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:53 pm
by chester
oh dear.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:06 am
by Myke Dronez
Of course.. sleeping bats are often confused with rattlesnakes-
Fortress does turn into bat country around dusk, which isn't a moment too soon if you ask me.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:17 am
by ahab
Andrew wrote:Someone should get rid of that flying rodent.
the climber or the bat?
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:21 am
by dhoyne
Andrew wrote:Someone should get rid of that flying rodent.
Bats are very beneficial to the environment. They eat pretty much only mosquitoes, beetles, and moths. And they eat an amazing quantity of these every night.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:07 pm
by heidiramma
way to include the bat turds in the picture. that was so not a snake crap.