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Autumn 2020 Nature Never Disappoints |
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| A routine check of the oak hosting the annual sulpur polypore showed no sign of one |
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| Leaving the area, I chanced upon a 3-ft long gopher snake. |
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| I doubt it had ever encountered a human before. |
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| The snake's color pattern blended beautifully with its surroundings. |
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| Gradually, it seemed to sense a threat and began exhibiting defensive characteristics. |
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| It flattened its chisle-shaped head to mimic the wedge-shaped head of a rattlesnake. |
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| Then coiled itself lightening fast as if to strike. |
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| But instead, slipped away through the dry grasses. |
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| While overhead, big-leaf maple leaves whispered. |
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