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Yes, snakes aren't the most attractive animals, but among them, this is one of the most beautiful and rare rattlesnakes in the world. The blacktailed rattlesnake has more yellowish tints to its body and it contrasts with the dark brown and black markings, most conspicuously around its tail. This is on the road back from the Catwalk.

(Edit 2014: Apparently these guys are of least concern as far as endangered animals go, but this species was STILL featured in a book about endangered wildlife of the southwest US that was distributed at a state park...or zoo, I don't remember...)
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Upon driving into the Gila National Wilderness (first in the US), you already feel its wildness. This place has witnessed some of the US's few wild jaguars and Mexican Gray Wolves, some of the rarest animals in the world. This place abounds in true, pristine wildness and biodiverse ecosystems, with some of the greatest numbers and unique species in the country.

This is during the monsoon season of September, where the place is cold enough to see your breath as it pours chilly water and floods the mountains and streams with life.

(c) Me, September 2008

Description
Yes, snakes aren't the most attractive animals, but among them, this is one of the most beautiful and rare rattlesnakes in the world. The blacktailed rattlesnake has more yellowish tints to its body and it contrasts with the dark brown and black markings, most conspicuously around its tail. This is on the road back from the Catwalk.

(Edit 2014: Apparently these guys are of least concern as far as endangered animals go, but this species was STILL featured in a book about endangered wildlife of the southwest US that was distributed at a state park...or zoo, I don't remember...)
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Upon driving into the Gila National Wilderness (first in the US), you already feel its wildness. This place has witnessed some of the US's few wild jaguars and Mexican Gray Wolves, some of the rarest animals in the world. This place abounds in true, pristine wildness and biodiverse ecosystems, with some of the greatest numbers and unique species in the country.

This is during the monsoon season of September, where the place is cold enough to see your breath as it pours chilly water and floods the mountains and streams with life.

(c) Me, September 2008