{"id":100142,"date":"2025-08-29T04:46:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100142\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T04:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:46:27","slug":"can-you-spot-the-rattlesnake-hiding-after-an-arizona-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100142\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you spot the rattlesnake hiding after an Arizona rain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2013Repost from January 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An Arizona company that relocates rattlesnakes reported by concerned citizens has been busy because winter storms have flushed snakes from winter hiding spots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rattlesnakesolutions.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rattlesnake Solutions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rattlesnake Solutions<\/a> has shared the accompanying image showing one such reptile: a western diamondback rattlesnake hiding in a \u201cless ideal\u201d spot near a Tucson residence.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Can you spot the rattlesnake?\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5a5df5dba7a2bf317b54a6d8c61f7cd6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Can you spot the rattlesnake?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Can you spot the rattlesnake in the image accompanying this post? (Answer below.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s a difficult quiz because only a small part of the snake is visible in the vegetation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dozens of followers chimed in on the Rattlesnake Solutions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=799291758908560&amp;set=a.565705608933844\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A sampling:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2013 \u201cNope. I\u2019d be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2013 \u201cWow! Best camouflage ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2013 Took me about 5 minutes, that\u2019s crazy camo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2013 \u201cThat was tough. Excellent camouflage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2013 \u201cI finally found it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rattlesnake Solutions waited hours before sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snakeremoval\/posts\/pfbid09wiTxAptgcGv3fTgTdWP3pZFtTFn6sRcQF4oN4M3CZuDgapANEmQF6mYDNQEq2eHl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the answer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the answer<\/a> and that image is posted below.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Rattlesnake in the leaves.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ca3b15405243f0583b9d19d672c6c160.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rattlesnake in the leaves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on For The Win: <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2025\/08\/28\/can-you-spot-rattlesnake-hiding-arizona-rain\/85867113007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Can you spot the rattlesnake hiding after an Arizona rain?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Can you spot the rattlesnake hiding after an Arizona rain?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2013Repost from January 2024 An Arizona company that relocates rattlesnakes reported by concerned citizens has been busy because&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[48931,48932,48933,90,56,54,55,4407,48930],"class_list":{"0":"post-100142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-concerned-citizens","9":"tag-diamondback-rattlesnake","10":"tag-hiding-spots","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-wildlife","16":"tag-winter-storms"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}