I found a rattlesnake in the toilet at a campground in AZ. Luckily, Id been warned about this possibility. Snakes get too hot in the desert, head to the "public pool" to get cooled off.

You should also keep the number of your local shelter/animal control/ranger district handy for these situations. I watched someone smash out the back window of a car and free a dog just a few weeks ago near a golf course. I've also encountered a few abandoned dogs in the national forest, mostly pit bulls.…