Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A late evening safari...

around the perimeter of my home yielded this beautiful black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) in addition to a bull snake out on patrol (click image to enlarge.) In fact, I witnessed a bull snake attack a large whiptail lizard this morning, but the lizard released its tail in a diversionary tactic to safely escape.

It's the wild kingdom out there!
Posted by J.P. Buchanan at 9:57 AM
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  1. geogalJune 16, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    Better outside than in, I say! And, how clever of the whiptail to pull an "Aron Ralston" to save its life. Was the tail still moving around after the snake missed out on dinner?

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