Went on some roads farther out of town last week and found this mojave, with fused diamonds on its neck giving it a sort of durissus look to it.
Another notable find was a basin gopher, strikingly different than the pacifics we are used to: such high contrasting pattern (pics came out fuzzy though)
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It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long the grasshopper stored up acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched tv. And then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus stole all his acorns, and he got a race car. Is any of this sinking in?
