Southern Arizona wildlife photos that will make your skin crawl
It's officially snake season in Southern Arizona.Β
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β Arizona Game & Fish (@azgfd) May 15, 2019
Check out this Sidewinder eating a very large Desert Iguana out by Picacho Peak! π€―
Video by Randy Babb#snake #southwest pic.twitter.com/13TkOxtOmv
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This rattlesnake seemed to be having trouble consuming this lizard, but after a brief period, consumed the whole thing.
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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake caught a Mouning Dove napping, and the rest of the story was.......lunch.
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Just watch out for ... snakes!!!
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A tiny baby snake the size of a quarter
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We have a King Snake living in our backyard. Bonus - No rats, no rabbits, no squirrels - and no rattlesnakes!
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NOT a welcome visitor to our front porch...
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A rare sighting in Tucson: a king snake killing a rattlesnake by constricting it.
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This snake began a slow, slithering ascent from the base of a natural stone arch along the Catalina Highway northeast of Tucson. Itβs very unlikely the critter got very high on the formation.
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Schmidt shows off a female tarantula that is part of the insect collection he keeps in his office.
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An Avicularia spider crawls up the side of a glass container at the "Spider Mall" during the American Tarantula Society's annual conference in Oro Valley, Ariz. on Friday, July 29, 2016. The Avicularia is just one of the many species of tarantulas present at the conference.
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Lizard captures scorpion for lunch
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Giant centipedes will be on display at the Insect Festival.
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Saw it in backyard while gardening after rains. Really blended in with gravel! Did hear it βrattleβbefore it went into hole under boulder.
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Thirty-nine people in Arizona have been bitten by rattlesnakes this year, the Arizona Game and Fish Department says.
Imagine if your favorite food could bite you back while you eat it. Thatβs what horned lizards face each time they scarf up harvester ants armed with powerful mandibles and a toxic sting.
