Saturday night entertainment.  My Darlin' and I were on the very front row.  My choice.  She's a saint.  The venue was an auditorium at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, just down Kinney Road from our neighborhood, Tucson Estates II.

The two speakers for the evening came walking down the auditorium aisle carrying boxes with holes in the sides and padlocks on the top.  The tops are painted bright red.  They house desert creatures who can put a hurting on you if you're not careful.

To give you an idea about the size of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake here, consider that the folding table is 48" side to side.

The Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum is one of my favorite places on earth.  They don't just display animals.  They educate us about them.  Nothing that I thought I knew about treating snakebite turned out to be true.  None of it!  And I thought I knew a thing or two. 

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