Exactly, rattlesnakes are little risk to runners overall. Mountain biking quickly you'll see more but also almost no risk. Lightening is far more likely to kill someone out on a trail than a rattlesnake. Only about a half dozen people die from rattlesnake bites per year in the US and some of that is people who think rattlesnakes make good pets.
Are you telling me if you were running and stepped on one it wouldn’t bite you ? I doubt that
How did this become the #1 thread.
If you grow up in the Southwest, or in southern California (like me), you learn how to co-habitate with rattlesnakes.
They are more afraid if you then you are of them.
I have been to Arizona once.
I got chased out of the state by a rattlesnake.
too bad there aren't rattle scorpions that will warn you not to get stung.
Tarantulas will rattle at you to warn you off. Urticating hairs they call it.
The real danger is coyotes dropping anvils.
No, but while rattlesnake bites can and do rarely kill, that aren't anything close to the most deadly snakes in the world. About 1 in 500 bites by a venomous snake in the U.S. kills the person. I've lived in Scottsdale, Salt Lake City and Albuquerque and while I have seem 100s of rattlesnakes, I've never actually encountered one when running. They usually sense you coming and move out of the way before you see them. I've seen 6 or more on a single hike and many times have seen one biking. Sure I could get bit and die from a bite but one is more likely to win the lottery than have that happen. I run, fly fish, hike and mountain bike in remote locations with my dogs. I've encountered mountain lions probably 30 times. I don't even worry about them . Only once did my dog have to charge one to remind it we are a pack (2 dogs and a person) to get the scaredy cat to scram back up the canyon side. Seriously I'm far safer in remote areas than in traffic or in most cities.
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Did he stay in the track the whole time ?
He’s constantly surrounded by his paid entourage. His cook, masseuse, physio, video guy, one of them clear the paths.
Lived in NM, AZ and CA:
NM never saw them on the trails. Here in Bay Area I almost stepped on them twice, but they like warmer weather 75-80 degrees min and then they sun bathe…ironically worst place for rattlers was in San Diego county they were everywhere Poway/Rancho area.
AZ worst for Bark Scorpions couldn’t stand them and could come out of your drain/vents as they’re small. In 5 years there only saw a couple rattlers on fringe of PHX metro.
Tarantulas only saw them on a res between SD and AZ along I-8…