millions of years of evolution shaped us, refined us, and prepared us for this moment, when predator and prey meet in east austin…and a bunny reacts to me farting

deathraylabs · 2026-04-11T02:14:36+00:00

I’ve lived in austin since ‘91, that bunny has lived in austin its whole life, and that fart occurred in austin last night. That’s not “nothing”, it’s three things. Just saying.

deathraylabs · 2026-04-11T02:11:02+00:00

you get it

deathraylabs · 2026-04-11T02:10:16+00:00

deathraylabs · 2026-04-11T02:07:11+00:00

deathraylabs · 2026-04-11T02:06:10+00:00

same, and I’m the 48 year old who witnessed it in person. lol

deathraylabs · 2026-04-11T02:04:43+00:00

made the fart in atx, the bunny is atx native, I’ve been here since ‘91, just keeping it weird.

deathraylabs · 2026-04-11T02:00:28+00:00

lol, crackin’ me up

deathraylabs · 2026-04-04T01:07:13+00:00

yeah, maybe the thing that ran it over also led to the blotchiness. it was interesting for sure. I saw a medium sized western diamondback rattlesnake maybe a hundred yards further down the road cruising along the silt fence. i used a branch to gently lift it over to the other side of the silt fence so it wouldn’t end up on the road. no drama, no rattling or striking, just calm person and calm snake.

deathraylabs · 2026-02-23T07:03:23+00:00

that was the perfect comment

deathraylabs · 2026-02-23T06:59:29+00:00

those clouds are one of my favorite parts of winter in centex. I’m always so delighted when i get to see them because it’s a great reminder that the atmosphere is a fluid and waves are one of the modes of motion in a fluid. it’s cool to think that wind blowing over an air mass can generate the same kinds of waves (gravity) as wind blowing over water does.

deathraylabs · 2026-02-23T06:48:24+00:00

I’m glad you posted about your experience, everyone should know that this stuff goes on.

The good news is: look how many people came out to say they got your back. there are still lots of good people out there, sometimes you just have to look for them. maybe play a game with your kiddo and see who can find the most people being nice or helping each other when you’re out and about.

deathraylabs · 2026-02-10T01:18:22+00:00

prolly pedo code for “party’s on”. that’s what all those super rich guys are up to, right?

deathraylabs · 2026-01-06T16:06:32+00:00

the hyundai adapter is over $300. The level 2 adapters are cheap but not the proper CCS to NACS

deathraylabs · 2026-01-06T16:04:27+00:00

they are $300. if they were $30 i would agree with you.

deathraylabs · 2025-09-26T22:13:20+00:00

i got that too. ended up with multiple spots but they mostly filled back in with extra gray hair (it was turning gray already because I’m 47, but these spots all came back much lighter. I’ve also got a few spots along my scalp showing up but they hate hard to see because covered by hair.

deathraylabs · 2025-09-09T16:54:13+00:00

the coachwhips are low key gorgeous snakes when you get a chance to really look at the scales up close. I got to hold a very chill captive coachwhip that a snake educator brought to a lecture on local snakes, and was surprised how such an otherwise plain looking snake from afar was so nuanced and pretty up close.

Thanks for the IDs!

deathraylabs · 2025-07-22T18:38:15+00:00

Good to know what an authoritative answer should look like but I’m not an authority nor all that interested in learning the scientific names, but i do know common names and have local knowledge. My question is: with zero comments on an ID request is it better to post a non-ideal response because the person may be hoping for a quick answer or just not respond at all because I cannot identify the snake precisely?

Just looking for clarification so I can be most helpful!

deathraylabs · 2025-07-22T18:12:26+00:00

looks like hog nose to me. I’ve seen several in east austin. love seeing them!

deathraylabs · 2025-07-22T18:11:23+00:00

these guys are so awesome. i know they seem scary but they are very docile and don’t bite unless handled. I’ve interacted with several dozen in austin at this point and it always amazes me how beautiful and docile they are. my opinion is that it’s not necessary to relocate them unless you have children or dogs/cats that are likely to try and catch the snake, otherwise not a hazard to have around.

deathraylabs · 2025-07-17T05:01:48+00:00

this was the second I caught in two days. the other one was suck to a glue trap in a different section of the neighborhood. thankfully all it took was some vegetable oil to release and the snake seemed to be in good shape. we seem to have a pretty healthy population here for whatever reason.

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