Ruthi was at the laundry facility and after loading the washer she moved a chair outside to read while she waited. Another camper came from the bike/dog trail behind the laundry and asked her, “Do you know anything about snakes, rattlers?” Ruthi’s first reaction was, at least it’s not a spider! But not knowing much about them she volunteered to call the office/park ranger. The woman wanted her to see the snake. Ruthi was unsure of how close she needed to get to see that it was a snake, rattler or not wasn’t that important.
The camper had hiking boots and jeans on while Ruthi was dressed in flip-flops and shorts. That’s not a lot of protections against snakes. She can’t even run fast in flip-flops. Anyway, she walked back with the camper and agreed that it was probably a baby rattler. Did you know that baby rattlers are more dangerous than adult versions. Why? You may ask. The Camp Host who came and got the snake for transport to the wild desert on the North side of the park said that babies don’t know how to stop pumping venom. So, getting bit by the baby is more lethal/deadly. The adults can control the amount and length of time they push venom through their fangs to the bitee!
Before walking over to the closest Camp host for assistance, Ruthi call the office. But she was on hold, 5th one in the queque. That wasn’t very helpful as the snake was slithering into the grass and heading for the building. When she finally got someone on the line, she recommended that maybe another option might be provided for calling the Ranger for animal issues: like when the coyote got a camper’s dog, or this snake incident. They weren’t very receptive to the feedback.
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