© Kevin BryantAdult Pacific Gophersnake, Kings County, preparing to eat its namesake mammal - a gopher. ©Patrick Briggs Adult Pacific Gophersnake in a bird's nest eating a duck egg, Kings County, ©Patrick BriggsA juvenile Pacific Gophersnake eating a Coast Range Fence Lizard in Sonoma...
(b, c) California ground squirrels from the Lake Tahoe basin and Mt. Shasta are shown preparing to harass the rattlesnake by throwing substrate. Tahoe basin and Mt. Shasta squirrels have experienced relaxed selection from snakes for estimated times of 70,000 and 300,000 years, respectively. (...
The eaglets were preparing to leave the nest and fly out into the world when their grandfather happened by. He perched on the side of the nest to wish them well. The eaglets asked what grandfather liked to eat most. "That'd have to be salmon, or maybe trout. Oh, one day soon you'...
Wash your hands in warm water, soaping well and scrubbing the skin and under the nails after handling any animal, their enclosures or utensils/dishes you for their care; or preparing chicken or eggs. You may use an antibacterial soap, but do keep in mind that many bacteria's are becoming...
© Kevin BryantAdult Pacific Gophersnake, Kings County, preparing to eat its namesake mammal - a gopher. ©Patrick Briggs Adult Pacific Gophersnake in a bird's nest eating a duck egg, Kings County, ©Patrick BriggsA juvenile Pacific Gophersnake eating a Coast Range Fence Lizard in Sonoma...