13 hours ago, Smithy said:
I know the smell you're describing! There's something very distinctive about citrus mold, isn't there? I can pick it out from yards away.
That a rattlesnake nest smells like rotten potatoes, now...that is new information that I hope never to need.
At least rattlesnakes are shy. That smell thing is new on me. The city just puts up signs saying to give them a wide berth. Oh and keep the barking dog far away - they can strike. The last one my mom encountered was basking on the warm black asphalt and the not so brilliant Malamute got agitated. Fire Dept came. Before people were more ecologically aware so they killed the snake. I have the ginormous rattle somewhere in a jar.
