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Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A man hiking through Arizona captured video of a bizarre "once in a lifetime" scene -- a rattlesnake hitching a ride on the back of a desert tortoise.
https://upi.com/6658375
Rattlesnake - Tortoise - double-decker desert duo
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Rattlesnake - Tortoise - double-decker desert duo
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Re: Rattlesnake - Tortoise - double-decker desert duo
It looks staged. It looks like he put the snake on the tortoise with a snake hook. I should know. I stage photos all the time, except mine don't make the media because I'll admit to staging them. Nonetheless, it's a great video/photo.
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Re: Rattlesnake - Tortoise - double-decker desert duo
@gummo
Maybe, but I do know it's fairly common that rattlers share the same dens with others such as tortoises and Gila Monsters. I also heard that the photographer went to photograph the tortoise and didn't know the rattlesnake was there until it climbed on.
Maybe, but I do know it's fairly common that rattlers share the same dens with others such as tortoises and Gila Monsters. I also heard that the photographer went to photograph the tortoise and didn't know the rattlesnake was there until it climbed on.
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Yikes I'm out!
Tortoise Hiking. Stop and smell the Petrichor.
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Re: Rattlesnake - Tortoise - double-decker desert duo
No big deal the snake just wanted to ride shotgun. 
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Yeah that's cool.
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Re: Rattlesnake - Tortoise - double-decker desert duo
@gummo
You should put one of those tiny baby dbacks you always find on the back of a Gila Monster and make a video of that. Then maybe put both of them on a tortoise. Or a coatimundi!
You should put one of those tiny baby dbacks you always find on the back of a Gila Monster and make a video of that. Then maybe put both of them on a tortoise. Or a coatimundi!
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Oh I find that hard to believe. I admire the natural settings you photograph in.gummo wrote: I should know. I stage photos all the time, except mine don't make the media because I'll admit to staging them.
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Re: Rattlesnake - Tortoise - double-decker desert duo
@chumley
I might try to duplicate this shot. I just have to figure out how to squeeze the tortoise under the snake.
I might try to duplicate this shot. I just have to figure out how to squeeze the tortoise under the snake.
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