Rattlesnakes Mating

After hiking Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree National Park, we were talking to a ranger when someone who had just hiked the same trail came and told us that there was a pair of rattlesnakes mating near the trail. We h8iked back in and found these two Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes going at it and watched them for nearly an hour. Their mating was like a strange hypnotic dance and they were oblivious to the people who were watching.