Date: August 19
Time: 11:19 PM
Location: 20 mi. n. of FM 2809 on FM 2185
Site: On road
Weather: Clearing skies, wind 16 mph WSW
Temperature: 84 F
Other: Thunderstorms soaked the southern part of Culbeson County, TX in the late aft.
Notes: A newborn Western Diamondback Rattlesnake had bitten a mouse about the size of a pecan. The mouse made it onto the pavement where it died. The rattler followed the scent trail in the darkness and began to eat the mouse. This is when we came upon them. Being as careful as would could not to disturb it, we captured the event that took more than ten minutes for the little snake to swallow it. He then slowly crawled off into the night with a serious lump in his belly.
Nature Photography at Ripples of Time
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