the Snake dance

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for those of you that have never encountered mating diamond back rattle snakes
here are a few images ,,,,they stand up about 1/3 to close to 1/2 of their bodies and go into a head bobbing and weaving up on each other type of thing .
if interrupted they run off like rabbits in opposite directions
there were on one of the family ranches in the heart of Texas
my son in law and his grandpa ran up on them by one of the rattler dens a few weeks ago up on a hill top with a big cave in it .
in the end one ran the wrong way ....