Seen on the trail earlier today while doing MUni with another new local riding buddy. Baby diamond back rattler. Still too young to have enough rattles, so it can’t make that familiar sound to warn you. They also have the potential to be more deadly than adults, since they can’t control the amount of venom during a strike! This one was right on the trail, and slowly slithered away as I approached…with due caution!
My typical response to rattlers is: Run away! Run away!
It’s nice that you let it go and didn’t try to dispose of it. We only kill them when they wander to close to our house… like that one that was laying on our doormat last summer. Definitely not something you want to practice your crocodile hunter skills on.
Thank you for this usefull post Maestro8… Too bad we aren’t as wyse as you dude, we sometimes have to seek attention. Actually you can’t understand that, as it’s a “average human” feeling:(
Plus 1 Zzagg! The ignore list can be your friend, as I have recently found! I feel so “liberated”! 
these threads are fine, but posting a video in both Just conversation and the video sections is alittle iritating.
A fine feature it is…
As far as the snake goes, they sure can demand alot of attention from me on a Uni. WHen I was biking, I didn’t pay them much mind, but I’m a slower target when I’m on a Uni, plus it is harder for me to hold my feet up when I pass a snake, Man I need to learn to glide on the trails :o
Hmm, not sure what you mean, since this is a pic, not a video, and I only posted this thread here. My last video, “Behind the scenes”, was moved by Gilby from the vid forum to JC on my request, since it didn’t have any actual uni riding in it, I asked him to move it, which he did. 
(terrys response to thejdw)
Ooooooooo BUrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnn…
good one terry.
Lol, it wasn’t meant that way. In fact, he may have been referring to somebody else. :o
Can I post pictures of the Spanish Baby-Jumping festival here?
I hate how this forum has stopping being about unicycling and started being about getting one over on everyone else!
As long as it’s just the one.
Hate is a very strong word.
People have killed others over hatred of their lifestyle or their religion.
Hatred is a very caustic emotion. It can burn you from the inside out, leaving you empty and hollow.
Are you sure you hate? I’d venture to say you’re just slightly perturbed.
Don’t be a hater.
Snakes… why did it have to be snakes? I biked over a snake near my parents place in Florida when I was a kid… You could prolly hear my yell at your place, since rattlers were common in the area… And I hate snakes. Though I must say, I’m saddened at the decline of the Timber Rattler of the North East 
You, good sir, made my day. And my girl’s day, too.
A trip to Spain is now in the works.
I’ll have to practice rolling hops over mattresses.
Salud.
And keeping with irrelevance:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/08/19/how-to-win-a-fight-against-twenty-children/
I’m not going to ask why you’re fighting twenty children. That’s your own business, although most reasons are as old as time itself:
Whether you’re a good man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or a dangerous maniac, we here at Cracked want to help. That’s why we’ve consulted with the experts (who did not wish to be named) on how to maximize your odds of winning a fight against twenty children. Follow these guidelines, and your opponents will wish they were never born 6 or 7 years ago.
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Use an appropriate technique. Modern mixed martial arts are geared almost exclusively towards one on one combat, and are not designed to take on multiple tiny aggressors. As a grown adult, you could be fairly assured of absolutely destroying a 7 year old if you took him to the floor for a ground and pound. But by doing so you’d expose your back and head to his peers. Your best bet is to stay on your feet and use striking techniques. Karate is one good choice - it was originally designed in the 1600’s for use by unarmed Japanese day care workers.
Be aware of the terrain. By default, you’re going to have a height advantage against twenty children, but be sure you don’t cede it. Avoid fighting around picnic tables, monkey bars, or anything with which a particularly daring child could launch an aerial attack. The ideal situation is fighting children who are trapped in a ditch below you.
Stay mobile. Unless you’re extremely lucky and find yourself fighting twenty infants, you’re going to be at a mobility disadvantage when fighting a large group of children. You must avoid becoming surrounded at all costs. Keep moving, and always trying to position the bulk of children on one side of you. Circle, sidestep, and use tactical retreats to try and engage a single child at a time, where your reach and decades of muscular development should prove an advantage.
Speed. You want this fight to be over fast. Children have boundless amounts of energy, and you’ll tire quickly as the fight progresses. If you schedule your fights with twenty children in advance for some reason, I urge you to focus your pre-training regimen on cardiovascular conditioning and snorting eye-wateringly large amounts of cocaine.
Intimidation. Although I don’t expect you to be intimidated by the prospect of fighting twenty children - given the self-confidence that comes with maturity - remember that intimidation is a two way street. Twenty is a big number, and if that many children lose their fear of you, watch out. Use fierce roars and displays of strength to frighten the children. When taunting, remember that children are almost comically stupid, and won’t understand any of your more creative taunts. You won’t intimidate anyone if you have to explain three times specifically what you did to their mother last night.
Go for the leader first. Assuming the twenty children lack military training, they’re going to behave more like a pack of animals than a cohesive group. By default, pack animals will defer to an alpha leader, and if you manage to subdue that child, the rest of the pack will quickly lose their will to fight. In some cases the leader will be actively giving orders and therefore easy to identify. Other times they’ll be harder to pick out. In those cases, go for the tallest one, or the one with the most Pokemon on their clothing. Once the alpha child is lying in a heap, you’ve got a narrow window of intimidation open while the children regroup. I’d recommend lifting his body over your head and screaming yourself hoarse. That’s the smart veteran move.
Groin attacks. In general the crotch is a small, easily defensible target, and not typically a factor in most fights at a reasonably professional level. That said, when children are attacked by an adult, they’re rarely going to respond professionally. Again, if you have forewarning that you’ll soon be coming to blows with twenty children, absolutely wear a cup. If you do get struck in the groin, under no circumstances should you place your hand on your genitals to massage away the pain - touching your privates while surrounded by minors is illegal in many states, and frowned upon in the rest.
Weapons. I’d suggest refraining from using weapons, and not just because of the harsh mandatory minimum sentencing laws that are a sad reality in this modern age. By bringing a weapon you might prompt the children to bring weapons as well. This kind of escalation plays against you. Whereas before you could fairly safely absorb several dozen tiny little punches before being incapacitated, you’re now at risk of being dropped with a single lucky strike. If a child with a pair of safety scissors gets at your Achilles tendon (the groin of the ankle) then you’re cooked buddy.
Let the last one walk away. In Professional Twenty-Child-Fighting Leagues this is now tradition, but even during raw, underground twenty child street-fights it serves an important purpose. By letting that child spread word of your great strength and not-to-be-fucked-withedness amongst the other children of the area, you can ensure that it will be a long time indeed before someone else mewls at you that you’re hogging the swings.
Snakes on a plane was a pretty hilarious movie.
Yeah, especially these rare early auditions, showing other famous actors trying for parts in the movie! (Warning: the “F” bomb is heard frequently!)
Rattlers are such beautiful snakes.