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Yeah, I hardly saw anything about it being d day. But I did see a lot on the morning news about it being national donut day. Little upsetting and embarrassing tbh.

To the boys who had the balls to stand against evil 81 years ago! Thank You!!

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What kind of blacktail info are you wanting? And you're talking blacktail rattlesnake (C. molossus) and not AZ Blacks, right? I've never had issues with blacktails being mean or aggressive in AZ. In fact, most of the specimens I've encountered barely rattled to let us know they were there and they were very docile when handled. I actually used to grab them by the tail and pick them up. I have a picture of that somewhere, too, from down in the Chiricahaus. The blacktails in west Texas were a whole other ballgame, though. They were aggressive AF and would strike like crazy. We had a a set of young Mohaves from west Texas with the neurotoxin. They were born in captivity to a 4-foot female that was captured near Hueco Tanks. It was fun to watch feeding time. It gave you a good perspective as to how lethal the Mojave toxin is. They would strike the mice we fed them, the mice would jump straight up, and hit the bottom of the tank dead with minimal twitching, if any. One of those beauties escaped on me during feeding time once. It hit the ground at my feet and went under some tanks/tubs on the floor. I had to go and lock myself in a 7x15 room with it and start moving tanks, tubs, and cans around to get it back in its cage. That was kind of unnerving.

Ok, that’s a cool trick.

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My wife and I were in Normandy on D-Day in 2002. The museum at Omaha Beach is tear jerking. Huge cemeteries in France and Belgium. Too many lives lost for our freedom

Ya..... Sort of sad. My old man was in a B-17 over France on D-day. Always break out his scrap book and look at his old pics, documents, etc. this time of year. They were all heroes. Sort of related, but not exactly; I was in London early last month, and it happened to be during the "VE Day" holiday. Though it is not an official national holiday, there was a BIG parade up The Mall Road (road leading directly to the palace). I saw a few American flags here and there as a remembrance and thank you for our country's huge part in England and all of Europe's eventual victory over the Nazi's. Was nice to see the American reference's here and there as they celebrated one of the biggest unofficial holidays of the year over there.

Oh dang I just seen how long ago you posted this

Marsupial has a good supply in hand. But if you hunt with a rifle you need a tbd.

So you have a shop location to check these out in person ?

PM me your email and, when I get back to work next week, I can send you some of the science papers I read that got me interested and motivated if you're interested. I can send you my research publication, too, if you need a cure for insomnia. The original work by Glenn and Straight (1983 and a couple of others of theirs) documented the hemorrhagic toxin to roughly parallel the east side of I-10 between Tucson and Phx (big generalization there) with outliers/specimens all around both towns. The areas having both neurotoxin (called Mojave toxin) and hemorrhagic toxin ran right along that I-10. The hemorrhagic toxin is very specific to a smaller area within Arizona and the area with properties of both is even smaller in AZ. Throughout the rest of their range in AZ, NM, NV, CA, far southwest UT and west Texas (east of El Paso), they have a very strong neurotoxin. Lethality results from LD50 tests puts venom from diamondbacks (all hemorrhagic toxin) at roughly 3-5 micrograms of venom/kilograms of body weight. Mojave toxin LD50 tests were at a range of 0.15-0.25 micrograms of venom/kilograms of body weight. True/funny story. I was processing vials of pure crystallized Mojave toxin in my lab one day, after getting all of the un-pure liquids off and I wasn't at the vent hood in my lab. It took me a few minutes to realize I'd been inhaling the pure, crystallized Mojave toxin. I lost feeling in my nose for three hours and had recurring outbreaks during times of hight stress due to the buildup of antibodies specific to the venom. I'd lose feeling in my nose for up to an hour. That went off/on for about 10 years.