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by ophie on March 1, 2010
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are you aware of capture of alleged 15" eastern diamondback in area jacksonville, florida? something fishy here!
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by Crotalusssp on March 1, 2010
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I heard the same story from a neighbor. Misidentified/complete fabrication is most likely the case here. I try to never say impossible, but in this case HIGHLY IMPROBABLE (99.9%).
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by roadkruzer on March 1, 2010
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The only report of a 15' rattlesnake that I know of is from September of '09. If this is what you're talking about then here's the link for photos of the snake and its TRUE length. http://snakesareus.com/snake_myths
Jason Clark
SnakesAreUs.com
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by FSB on March 1, 2010
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Next thing you know the local numbnuts will be hollering about eastern diamondbacks "interbreedin'" with burmese pythons. In fact, I'm surprised we haven't heard that one yet...
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by LarryDFishel on March 1, 2010
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The only time I've seen a claim THAT preposterous was the one Jason posted the link to. It's about as likely as finding a human 16 feet tall (twice the largest recorded size)...
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by Rob_Carmichael on March 2, 2010
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One of my college students forwarded an email to me about this 15 foot EDB that was "capable of swallowing a young child alive" and a bunch of other completely bogus and very entertaining "facts". The snake in question was supposedly captured in Fort Lauderdale and based on the picture I saw, the snake was no more than 6-feet; still an impressive EDB.
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by JSargent on March 2, 2010
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i would be interested in knowing how big the eastern diamondbacks at Columbia SC zoo were back in the 90s...they appeared as big around as a 15ft burmese....looked big around as my thigh, but that was many years ago....
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