My son caught this rattler yesterday near a state park and near his home.
It had 16 buttons (rattlers). He said it was about six feet long and as round as your arm below the elbow.
This is the time of the year that they're crawling, so be careful if you're walking in the woods.
I'm shivering! I've gone all summer without seeing a snake so far. I hope my luck continues! Hugs.
Sheila
Reviewed by Gianetta Ellis (Reader)
Reviewed on August 30, 2008
Oh my goodness!!! We've got rattle snakes in the Alleghenies - I'll be sure to steer clear of their travels. We have a nine foot black rat snake that likes to shed its skin in our attic - my daughter calls it "The Anaconda in the Attic." That sounds like a short story!
We don't seem to have big snakes in NJ, not that I have seen thankfully...glad we don't as my dog has never seen one and would probably want to investigate or play with it...ed
Oh boy, snakes do scare the devil out of me, the few times I have come across them. Here is Texas they are everywhere, Bull snakes too so I have learned to walk slowly and pay attention, nicely written...
Ugh, hate snakes. This one is dead, thank God. Your son was very brave to kill it. Near his home it might have bit someone. I am always afrain when in the woods and mountains I'll get bit by a rattler. Never did like snakes or fish worms either.
I've had a few run-ins with rattlers. The first was in the Marines. My unit was doing a thirty mile morning run in the hills (Camp Pendleton). A rattler larger than the one in the picture was coiled in the center of the trail. The lieutenant leading the run, a Texan, picked the rattler up by the tail, snapped it like a whip and tossed it from the road so we could continue our run. The second contact was after I returned from Vietnam. We were training reservists and ran into another rattle (again Camp Pendleton). The sergeant had to threaten the troops to leave the rattler alone. I’ve seen them in the mountains above Los Angeles more than once. A fellow teacher chased one through the brush in an attempt to catch it, but it got away.
Where do you LIVE, Jeanette? Dang. Be careful is R I G H T. Thanks for the warning! Yesterday, was sitting on my back porch, heard a buzzing: you never saw anyone get up so fast (arthritis and all). No snake: a neighbor turning on the outside faucet! I'm paying attention, my dear.
*cringing* GAD, I HATE snakes, and then I see this puppy! WOW!! BIG snake!! Please be careful; don't want to hear of you being bitten by a rattler! That would NOT be good! Well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your (snake-fearful) Tx. friend, Karen Lynn. :)
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Sheila
Be always safe,
Karen
(((HUGS))) and love, karla.
Sandie Angel :o)
In the desert, we have so many different types of these critters, it's unreal. Most of them are deadly, especially, the diamondback.
Mary
(((HUGS))) and much love, your (snake-fearful) Tx. friend, Karen Lynn. :)