Rattlesnake Goddess

[AndreJansenSr]

This wonderful video makes me think that very small visitors of another planet meet with this beautiful creature and start trying to communicate..

[my35Xvision]

Fantastic capture of magnificent snake! What a beauty. I love it. I wonder, how did you manage to get so close to the snake, especially in front of he/she? Wonderful video and music is so suitable to the pace of a snake's move...Thank you for this beauty. :)

[waywardmuse]

@my35Xvision You're so welcome and thank you for the gracious comment! I'll tell you how I did it in a message. YouTube keeps cutting me off here because it's too long!

[temp24Lno5]

Wonderful filming and great appropriate music. It seems strange to see a black tongue.

All our little garter snakes have a red tongue.

[waywardmuse]

@temp24Lno5

thanks very much!

[driewe]

good video, both footage and the soundtrack.

[waywardmuse]

@driewe

thank you so much!

[GrowingTreeAz]

Very Reptilian!

[kevin6390]

AWSOME

[waywardmuse]

thanks

[TechnicianMusic]

Great footage! Nice close-up shots, and I liked your soundtrack too :-)

[stomachlining]

your soundtrack just gave snakes a better rap

[waywardmuse]

thank you so much!

[Tigerpuffer]

What an amazing animal. How anyone could fail to see the beauty in a creature like that is beyond me. Great work

[waywardmuse]

thanks!

[husky801]

One of the prettiest yet misunderstood & misjudged snakes there is. Incredible video

[waywardmuse]

I agree.  Thanks!

[IamHelenKeller]

Very beautiful....in a certain way.....

I know you are zooming in with the camera, but I wondered how close you're actually standing to the snake?

Thanks! :)

[waywardmuse]

Not close enough to get bit! It varied depending on the shot. For a lot of them, I wasn't even standing, but squatting, kneeling, and even on my belly! -- at a safe distance of course. The general rule is to keep away at least 2 body lengths of the snake. Thanks for your comment!

[squamataman]

Great snake, great footage. I came across a similar Western Diamondback earlier this month just north of Maricopa, AZ. After taking a picture I zoomed in on its tail and it had 11 rattles!

[waywardmuse]

Wow - that's cool. I haven't run into too many big ones. But one, very much like this one, appeared on our deck about a month ago. Working on the video now. Thanks for your comment & compliment!

[josephejenkins]

That will be a cool video!

[HalSmithMusic]

Beautiful animal and terrific videography!

[waywardmuse]

Thanks so much! I'm trying to get more roadrunner footage for you, but they are more difficult to film than rattlesnakes. You have to stay further away and almost hide because they are so quick to run away. Not as fast as the cartoon, but sometimes seems like it!

[atreveteaz]

Awesome video! What kind of camera did you use to take this? Also, how do you know it's a godess from that distance?

[waywardmuse]

Thanks! I used a Canon ZR 900 with 41x zoom. Well, the definition of Goddess is:

1. a female god or deity.

2. a woman of extraordinary beauty and charm.

3. a greatly admired or adored woman.

Some ancient cultures gave great status to serpents. She was so gorgeous in my opinion that I imagined she easily fit that description.

[atreveteaz]

Sorry, I wasn't clear :) How can you tell it's a female rather than a male from that distance?

[waywardmuse]

Can't for sure. It was an intuitive guess -- that's what the snake "communicated" to me :)

[XamReptiles]

Beautiful!

[WesternRiverTrekker]

Great video - well done - excellent close-ups! She sure is working hard to find a meal... I agree - wild and free they should be...

[waywardmuse]

Thanks! This one was a challenge to film, but fun!

[normalil]

Thanks so much for your comment on my bee poem. Yes, the UK having big bee problems, but no one seems to really care.

[waywardmuse]

thanks!

[John51Yks]

I too like the close-ups. Though i wouldn't go too close to one! Nice Video.

[mandmreptiles]

another great vid, thanks

[waywardmuse]

thank you!

[JimboniusIV]

Absolutely stunning creature. I really like those close-ups, with her head and an inch or two of neck, your camera moving along with her.

[waywardmuse]

Thank you!

[waywardmuse]

cool -- me too!

[sunnydayslc]

Groovy! Gorgeous! Music is mesmerizing. What kind of rattler is this?

[waywardmuse]

thanks -- it's a western diamondback

[SxTx01]

were would be a goos spot to find a gila this time of year

[waywardmuse]

difficult to say -- dawn and dusk are the best time of day though

[despeleta]

Just cruisin' along, isn't she? fantastic footage Judy! music's great too. sounded/looked like you composed it to the footage?

[waywardmuse]

Yes.  Thanks :)

[kevin6390]

Yjis is sweet whare is this?

[waywardmuse]

thanks -- Sonoran Desert south of Phoenix

[sonoransun1]

Very nice! Great music.

[waywardmuse]

muchas gracias!

[smetlogik]

pretty good size WDB. they always look so serious. great close-ups again, cool music.

[waywardmuse]

Dont' they? Look so serious.

thanks :)

[kclama]

Amazing capture, is it danger?

[waywardmuse]

It's a pit viper so its bite is venomous and has the potential to be lethal. You must stay at least 2 of it's body lengths away to be safe. Other than that, if you leave it alone, it will leave you alone. FYI, these close ups were done with zoom of course!

[kclama]

IC, well done here.