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by reptilist
Mon Jan 02, 2017 7:28 am
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Happy New Year DUSA!
Replies: 0
Views: 18173

Happy New Year DUSA!

Happy New Year to everyone here! It's been a long time since I've checked in, and I'm so surprised that I even remembered my password! I'm looking forward to a good year in my little microcosm of existence.... I took up running a couple years ago and I'm planning to run an 8 mile trail race in Febru...
by reptilist
Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:36 am
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: Here I am!
Replies: 17
Views: 64226

Re: Here I am!

Greetings!
I'm rarely here, but still alive and kicking.
A recent highlight: I went rafting down the Grand Canyon with Yuccahead and his wife in May. Had a great time!
by reptilist
Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:58 am
Forum: General Desert Information
Topic: It's good to be back
Replies: 4
Views: 18787

Re: It's good to be back

Welcome back!
by reptilist
Sat Nov 03, 2012 3:00 pm
Forum: Desert Plant and Animal
Topic: It Thought "What a Nice House!"
Replies: 2
Views: 18696

Re: It Thought "What a Nice House!"

Out there with the rest of them... Good job!
by reptilist
Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:29 pm
Forum: Desert Plant and Animal
Topic: Mammals in the Mojave and Anza Borrego areas and scat id
Replies: 7
Views: 32762

Re: Mammals in the Mojave and Anza Borrego areas and scat id

I see what you mean.... I've never seen shinola before!
Thanks Clifford!
;)
by reptilist
Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:11 pm
Forum: Desert Plant and Animal
Topic: Materials for clothing that rattlesnakes can't bite through
Replies: 15
Views: 108987

Re: Materials for clothing that rattlesnakes can't bite thro

The part where he sets a bad example to kids and cowboys about how exciting it is to free-handle venomous snakes. He would have done better to respect the venom, which clearly he did not. My catch phrase is: "You can always trust a rattlesnake!" (They don't pretend to be your friend, and t...
by reptilist
Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:53 pm
Forum: Desert Plant and Animal
Topic: Materials for clothing that rattlesnakes can't bite through
Replies: 15
Views: 108987

Re: Materials for clothing that rattlesnakes can't bite thro

Snake venoms are very complex and will manifest a horrid combination of symptoms that could be further aggravated with OTC medications. The rule is to ingest nothing. Among serious herpetologists, Steve Irwin was an example of wrecklessness typical of the sensationalist (mis)direction that nature sh...
by reptilist
Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:45 am
Forum: Desert Plant and Animal
Topic: Plant ID help requested
Replies: 6
Views: 22612

Re: Plant ID help requested

#14 is Datura, a lot of the others look like various species of Scrub Oak.