|
1-8 of 8 messages
|
Page 1 of 1
|
|
Large Rattlesnake picture
|
Reply
|
|
by Sal on September 17, 2005
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
There is supposedly some picture of a very large rattlesnake caught in Oak Mountain Park in Alabama. Does anyone know of this picture or have a copy of it? I would really like to see it.
thanks
|
| |
|
RE: Large Rattlesnake picture
|
Reply
|
|
by GREGLONGHURST on September 18, 2005
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
Not sure which pic it is, but if it's a fake, it's not the only one out there. I have seen a couple other pix of out-sized EDB's, one purported to be over 13 feet. The maximum recorded length for C. adamanteus remains eight feet zero.
~~Greg~~
|
| |
|
RE: Large Rattlesnake picture
|
Reply
|
|
by Sal on September 18, 2005
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
|
I should have clarified this, but it was a large timber rattlesnake.
|
| |
|
RE: Large Rattlesnake picture
|
Reply
|
|
by Cro on September 18, 2005
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
|
Greg: Where did the 8 feet zero come from? Many old field guides in the past had 9 feet, 11 inches as the maximum length for eastern diamondback rattlesnakes? I am not sure where the record was supposed to have been from. If I remember correctly, that is what Klauber used in his Rattlesnake book. JohnZ
|
| |
|
RE: Large Rattlesnake picture
|
Reply
|
|
by Snake18 on September 18, 2005
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
Man...a 9 ft + rattlesnake...
Would neve min to see that in the wild. I`m not sure what I would do in that scenario thow; catch the snake and take it home just because it`s to splendid for me to leave there or just admire it from a distance, take a couple hundred pics and leave it alone out of respect for such an impressing animal... It would be a very hard call for me, even thow I think I would choose the second option.
Best regards, Alex S.
|
| |
|
RE: Large Rattlesnake picture
|
Reply
|
|
by agkistrodude on September 19, 2005
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
|
About a year ago there was an article w/pic in a newspaper in Hall county GA about a "record" timber rattlesnake that was killed by a man that claimed it was eating all his chickens, I never heard about any follow ups or verifications though. You might be able to contact the newspaper for more info. Marty
|
| |
|
RE: Large Rattlesnake picture
|
Reply
|
|
by Cro on September 19, 2005
|
Mail this to a friend!
|
Alex: I am not sure what I would do also, if I encountered a 9 foot + diamondback in the wild. I have encountered both eastern and western diamondbacks in excess of 7 feet in the wild, and they were really impressive monsters. In both cases their heads were larger than my hand, and I bet the fangs would have been huge. The western could have been over 8 feet, but it was hard to tell as he never fully stretched out, but he was at least 8 feet 10 inches, not including the rattles. That was in South Texas, on a farm road, near the town of Freer, Texas. The eastern was on the swamp road, HW 117, from Fargo to the Okefenokee Swamp Park. They both would have weighed over 20 pounds, and perhaps as much as 25 pounds. I did not try to capture them, only took photos in both cases. It is very possible that a diamondback that size is well over 50 years in age, as they grow slowly throughout their adult lives.
From what I remember, and perhaps Shaun can help on this, the extinct ancesteral form of the diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus gigantius?)regulary reached lengths of 12 to 14 feet.
What would be amazing is if the gene for that ancesteral form was occasionaly expressed, allowing nature to create a giant diamondback, just like the humans that are occasionaly born as giants who reach hights over 8 feet tall.
Best Regards JohnZ
Best Regards JohnZ
|
| |
|
Email Subscription
You are not subscribed to this topic.
Subscribe!
My Subscriptions
Subscriptions Help
Check our help page for help using
, or send questions, comments, or suggestions to the
Manager.
|
