“And, because they don’t chase us...”
I used to think that too. There’s a very aggressive variety of a greenish rattlesnake around here, that some say is a Prairie mix or Mohave mix, that actually will aggressively come at ya! There’s other rattlers around here, and even desert Coral snakes, all of which I don’t mind, but whatever that greenish one is, I just kill them most of the time anymore, but only on my land. Worse, they often don’t even bother to rattle. Some readers may say b.s., but it’s true. I’ve had 2 friends bitten by them, and it’s a really nasty bite. Requires a helicopter trip to Tucson.
Many Mojave’s don’t even have rattles anymore. A friend of mine had one bite his dog last year and it was sans rattles. Very concerning development.