A western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), lying dead along the side of a canyon road in the Black Hills, near the town of Mammoth. Roughly 5 feet long. Not sure how it died - the head looked crushed, and a large gash is visible along the middle of its back. Desert decomposers were already hard at work - flies taking off and landing at regular intervals, and a steady highway of ants busily traversed the spine.
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