I picked up a small rock in a dry stream bed on Mount Tamalpais' Cataract Creek and found this young garter snake. Still torpid from its rest, it rema

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4912 x 7360 px | 41.6 x 62.3 cm | 16.4 x 24.5 inches | 300dpi

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9 September 2017

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I picked up a small rock in a dry stream bed on Mount Tamalpais' Cataract Creek and found this young garter snake. Still torpid from its rest, it remained unable to slither away for about a minute.

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