Think I figured it out:

http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.m.pyrrhus.html

Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus - Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake

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The very existence of flamethrowers means that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves..."You know, I really want to set those people over there on fire...but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."