RHH's photos with the keyword: rattlesnakes

This was the end of the Rattlesnake mating ritual we were privileged to see in Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree National Park. The two snakes were completely intertwined and unmoving, totally oblivious to those who were watching.

These Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes were involved in what presumed to be a mating ritual, winding around each other and moving in sync until they lay quietly. At no point did the presence of a number of people who had gathered to watch seem to disturb them.

These mating Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes were photographed in Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree National Park. We watched their weird, hypnotic dance until they lay completely wound together and exhausted (I presumre).

I decided to post a few more photos of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes we saw mating in the Hidden Valley area of Joshua Tree National Park. Their mating ritual was a kind of weird hypnotic dance in which they more and more twisted around each other. I've posted so many photos of this because it was something I'm sure few have seen and which I never expect to see again.

These Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes were near the end of their mating dance when this photo was taken. We had watched their strange dance for nearly an hour in the Hidden VAlley area of Joshua Tree National Park.

We found these two Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes mating along the trail in Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree National Park. We watched their strange, hypnotic dance for almost an hour.

After hiking Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree National Park, we were talking to a ranger when someone who had just hiked the same trail came and told us that there was a pair of rattlesnakes mating near the trail. We h8iked back in and found these two Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes going at it and watched them for nearly an hour. Their mating was like a strange hypnotic dance and they were oblivious to the people who were watching.