I wonder if your snake-proof boots would stop a monster western diamondback rattlesnake of this size. Something tells me, no. This sucker would probably strike you in the thigh. I wonder how many wouldn’t wet their pants when running across this giant. Seems I recall that you can tell the age (in years?) of a rattle snake by counting the number of rattle segment on it’s tail — something related to how many times it sheds its skin. Any herpetologists out there? I count 14 segments. Very impressive, no doubt.
I hope the hunter had the common courtesy of mounting its hide and consuming its flesh after killing such a beautiful specimen.
Wow.
Maybe it's just perspective? Paralax from the camera lens?
Maybe it’s blown out of proportion due to the camera lens. Kind of like when you catch a fish and you want your picture taken. You hold the fish as far out in fron of you as possible to make it look bigger. I’ve heard that, anyway. Ahem.
Maybe he’s holding it that far out in front of becuase he’s not 100% convinved it’s dead…
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11 responses to Humongous Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Quite obviously, this fat
bastardis an all too typical type. Instead of merely backing away and allowing the snake to go on its way, without hurting fatty there in the picture, what does he do? He ignorantly kills it.Rattlesnakes, and snakes in general, do a great service in keeping down the rodent population. I ask you, what would you rather have to deal with? Rats and their various diseases or that of a snake, which actually does a service in killing said rodents?
As for the myth of being able to tell a rattlesnakes age, by its beads, this is as I said, a myth. It isn’t uncommon for a wild rattlesnake to break off its rattle beads, thus you can not tell the age of a snake, by its rattle. A snake typically sheds more than once a year, as well. Thus with each shedding, a bead is added. This again, proves that the rattle beads, are an ineffective way of calculating age.
This is a real badass rattler! He did us Texans a service taking that sucker out. There are way too many rattlers out there as it is. Good job!
I cant believe that someone would want to kill a snake like this. This is a magnificant animal. The power and the strength… Its awe striking. Ignorance is what drives people to kill these animals. Either catch it and relocate it away from your house, or if your out in the woods, relocate yourself. Snakes dont accidentally come into your house and exterminate its occupants. People are only afraid because they dont understand, like I and another said ignorance kills these beautiful creatures.
If you look very closely at the shadow that the snake is supposedly casting on the man, the portion of the stick just beyond the snakes body, and where the rattler is hanging in front of his leg… this is a bad example of some photoshop magic.
You may be on to something. On examination it does look a little fishy. Maybe we should turn it over to the fake detective.
Maybe he was hunger, ever think of that? Not everyone is rich.
Some of you people are too stupid to be alive and polluting the gene pool. You jump the guy’s case and you don’t even know the circumstances. Maybe it was killed in a heavily populated area. Maybe he just didn’t want it lurking around his campsite – I would kill this snake in a second if I saw it near my site. And there is nothing wrong with this picture – some of you have obviously never taken a flash photo before. And this certainly is not what you get in parallax view you moron. For god’s sake look stuff up before you open your head and let all the BBs out.
We have plenty of rattlers down here, so to take one out (esp. one of that size) just makes for good pics and conversation. You (snake man and glc) tree hugging, peta loving liberal idiots need to pick ur fights and bullshit about your lame thoughts on a dolphin or panda bear loving website. Ya’ll don’t have a clue what it means to enjoy (while conserving) the hunting/fishing life, especially in Texas. Go NRA.
Yea! You ignorant little animal rescuers, come home from where ever and find this occupant in your garage corner because he smelled kittykat`s litter box or whatever. The strike distance on this serpent is a good 3.5 feet and his fangs are at least 1.0 inch in length, can you even begin to imagine the necrotic tissue damages done to the human body from a reptile this size? If? If? If? you even survived the bite, let alone a young child?
Killing in the wild is one thing far away from human populous, but even near the city? Where people have small animals plus rodent populations?
Think about this one?
The Mafia builds sin city “Vegas” where? The middle of the desert right where the highest population of Mojave Green`s dwell. That`s like calling it The American Black Mamba or something, i think i would rather die than survive the bite and it`s lifelong sufferings from one of those, iv`e seen them as big as this picture. They are almost Ghost looking, a real dryish green brown, with nothing but death in their mouth.
“Some of you people are too stupid to be alive and polluting the gene pool.” “you moron.” “For god’s sake look stuff up before you open your head and let all the BBs out.” TERRY KING
“You (snake man and glc) tree hugging, peta loving liberal idiots” “bullshit about your lame thoughts” “Ya’ll don’t have a clue” “especially in Texas. Go NRA.” SOTEX
“Yea! You ignorant little animal rescuers” “Think about this one?” STU
My, oh my – I’ll tell you what, if I had my way and we could all meet in person – I’d wade through all of you posting rude and derogatory remarks and give you all a piece of your own pie. It makes me ashamed to think that there are so many small minded and venomous people in this country – you should all move the heck out. Completely horrid behavior, just because you can – you are…
Here I am searching for some rattler pics to help identify a local morph that I tread upon in the dark and what do I come across – this makes me sick. This is a public forum. Mean spirited, rude people should be force marched right out of this country – period. There is just no excuse for the use such language and such phraseology even if you were posting to the devil himself – there is NO excuse. So – go on – GET! Get OUT of our country NOW!
“My, oh my – I’ll tell you what, if I had my way and we could all meet in person – I’d wade through all of you posting rude and derogatory remarks and give you all a piece of your own pie. It makes me ashamed to think that there are so many small minded and venomous people in this country – you should all move the heck out. Completely horrid behavior, just because you can – you are…
Here I am searching for some rattler pics to help identify a local morph that I tread upon in the dark and what do I come across – this makes me sick. This is a public forum. Mean spirited, rude people should be force marched right out of this country – period. There is just no excuse for the use such language and such phraseology even if you were posting to the devil himself – there is NO excuse. So – go on – GET! Get OUT of our country NOW!”
-Faggit…
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