Rattlesnake
 

Saw this guy on the way home from work this evening. About 5' with about 10 rattlers. Beautiful snake and looked very healthy. Glad he was calm enough to let me get a few pics before turning and going into the grass.

Yea..... $¥€# that!

beautiful snake-----as long as it's through YOUR lens!

He was chillin. I didn't realize it was a rattlesnake until I was passing him. I had to back up to him to take pics. He didn't seem to mind a bit. Haven't seen one around here in several years so I was excited. It was also the first time my wife had ever seen one that wasn't in a zoo aquarium. We see all kinds of critters on that road going home but it was our first rattlesnake.

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This is either 1 bazillion or 1 gazillion. Not sure

I'm afraid it wouldn't have seen another morning if it was me.

Very cool snake. Markings are very vivid. I would love to see one like that from a short distance. I came across a good sized rat snake a few days ago and got to handle it for a bit to show my oldest daughter. Attachment 95253Attachment 95254
I am trying to teach my kids to respect them and not fear them indiscriminately.

I hear ya. I don't have a fear of them. I respect them but don't fear them. I did catch and release a 3' copperhead once but won't push my luck again. Had that rattlesnake been in my yard things would be different. He was on a dirt road in the woods. No reason to kill him just for the sake of it. Too pretty and wasn't hurting anything.

I find it interesting that there is something hard wired into us (or at least me) that is an involuntary draw back when a snake strikes. Even one I know 100% is non venomous and not a threat. I have been struck at or bitten by non venomous snakes in catching them quickly but still have a hard time making myself stay steady when one strikes at me. In our subconscious I guess we are programmed to see all snakes as threats and avoid them.

And I agree about poisonous snakes in my yard. Still have to protect first and educate second.

I made my boa mad one night and I knew she was gona bite me. I just stuck my hand out and let her do it. It was an odd feeling though. I dosed off on the floor with her beside me. When I woke up she was going under our bed. I grabbed her by the tail and tried to pull her out. She didn't like that at all. I knew I shouldn't have but if you can imagine what it is like to get a 6' snake out of a box spring matress you'll understand why I did It. That's not fun.lol She calmed down after I let her bite me.

I'm having a hard time processing this..

i started sweating reading it, so definitely didn't try to process it!

Louisiana?

Dude, you are throwed off.

I'm trying to block the mental pictures; but I keep seeing Duckman who looks like Alice Cooper, a half naked chick passed out on the bed, a bunch of candles burning, empty bottle of Jack Daniels, and the smell of bourbon, cigarettes, and sex.

Haha! Well I can dig the atmosphere, but the gd python biting me is what gets me. Sounds like my freshman year at UL. We had a pet 3 legged alligator in our bath tub for like a year. It got a few bites under its belt as well. Still, not a snake...

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You do paint a picture.....

Add in some handcuffs, a whip and some lotion.

I forgot to add the music, I'm thinking maybe Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper" or anything from Dark Side of the Moon Album.

Scratch the handcuffs...... For Duckman it would be rope!!

Good Job Jason,

I've worked hard to instill the same in my daughter. She like to catch snakes, but knows that I have to inspect them first. Even with venomous snakes, spiders etc. I try to teach her the difference between prudent and respectful caution and irrational fear.

It wasn't bad. That's the only time she ever bit me. Even during feeding she never bit.

Yep. About 15 miles SW of Alexandria. I drive that road through the woods on my way home from work. Helps me wind down.

^^^^^ Slow learner.lmao
Just messin with you man.

Fully naked, no candles, rarely touch bourbon anymore, don't smoke in my house either. You nailed the sex part though.

Bluechip answered this one for you :)

Gota play em backwards though ;)

Lol works much better after a Trip to the cow pasture.

My boa had a habit of getting out of her aquarium. She would be loose in the house for a week or two sometimes then show back up. Came home fro work one day and she was coiled up sleeping on top of our bathroom door. 6' snake sleeping on top of a door 1 1/2" wide. I still haven't figured out how she could do that or how the hell she got up there.

Snakes creep me out, only reptile on earth that does. We worked on our lease last weekend and didn't come across not even a cottonmouth in the basin. Went back to the camp to pick up Sunday afternoon and a 6-7ft egg/rat snake came out of no where on our slab by the camp door, I was actually calm about, but it kept trying to go under the camp, I had a briar hook trying to scoop it up and go throw it in the woods a few 100 yds away, well it kept striking at me after bout 5 minutes I had enough so I killed it. I know that's a good snake to have around but done found 2 in my camp last year and didn't want my wife and kids to meet up with that next time they come for the weekend. Sorry snake guys....

Got no problem killing one if it could cause an issue. Scaring the family is an issue in my book. Other than that I'm not bothered by them. Cottonmoths are a different story though. I despise those tempermental bas tards. Yeah that may make me a hypocrite but I'm fine with that. Just something about a nasty cottonmouth that makes it need killin. Pretty and mean is one thing but ugly and mean can't be tolerated.

Cotton mouths and and moccasins stink as bad as their attitudes!! Lol! Usually smell them before seeing them....

Good to see a snake pic with its head still intact. I can see killing a venemous snake if it is around the house, but out in the woods, if it is venemous or not, respect them and let them go on their way....

Yep. No need killing just for the sake of killing.

That's my policy on women as well... The stank doesn't help either. lol

What scares me when I smell one while walking through the woods...... is sometimes I can't find it to know which way to move away from it.

Cotton mouth and "water" moccasins is the same snake..... just 2 different names for it.

I always said that, but older guys in my hunting club said they were different, one is smaller than the other...don't matter what they called I scream like a school girl and run like a retarded n.i.n.j.a when I see one!!!!! Lol!!!

Wouldn't let me spell *****.....