Not far along the trail behind Tortugas Mountain Dr. K, Research Associate Becca and I kicked up a small herd of deer; we counted five individuals bounding up the rugged mountain. In the distance they stopped to look back at us. See if you can see all five in the lower left quadrant of this photo. Talk about camouflage, eh?
Not long after this brief photo op we came upon a small rattler on the trail; it was about 12" long. As I've said before, baby rattlers are the most dangerous because they don't know how to judiciously dole out their venom.
Here's a closeup of its beautiful kisser.
Here we have another example of camouflage extraordinaire. There's a baby horned lizard in the center of this photo; its head is pointing up.
Here's a closeup where the head is facing to the right.
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