When one snake slammed the other to the ground with enough force, one – or occasionally both of them – would land upside down on their backs. The struggle between the two rattlesnakes continued for hours without abatement, until dusk. As it got too dark to photograph them, I went indoors. I don’t know how much longer the snakes battled, but they must have been utterly exhausted when I left them. What a show this was!