One bad boy you really need to avoid is the Mojave "Green" Rattlesnake. This guys venom is approximately 16 times stronger than the sidewinder, and its venom, "...which it uses to immobilized its prey and defend itself, attack both the nervous system with nuerotoxins and the bloodstream with hemotoxins..." "This is probably the most dangerous snake in North America. It is aggressive..." We spent six months in Mojave country recently, and have talked to several locals who swear that they have been chased into the bed of their pickups by a Mojave they had managed to irritate.

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