Rattlesnake

I discovered this guy inside my house(!): a prairie rattler, three years old, judging by his rattles. I don't know how long he'd been in there - days? weeks? - or how he got in. Maybe he slipped under the back door, looking for a cool place. I stepped over him at least once before noticing him.

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An animal was harmed in the making of this picture. - Max