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That’s one big snake.
Nice hunting) Did he cook it then?))
I didn’t know, Rattlesnakes can be so big!
OMG!!!!
The rattlers are cross breeding with the Pythons!
Run for the hills……..oops…… I meant the Urban Core.
Rattlethons!
That picture comes from a story circulating on Facebook. It seems this particular snake didn’t rattle when the rancher got close to it. In fact, a lot of ranchers have noticed the rattlers NOT rattling.
Turns out pigs like snake meat. And when they hear a rattle, they run TO the sound instead of AWAY from it.
Mother Nature in action.
they don’t rattle because we kill the ones that do .
My friends and I ran across one on a trail at the bottom of the Grand Canyon a couple of years ago. That one did rattle, but then, there aren’t any pigs down there.
A big snake, although the perspective makes it appear much larger.
Its surprising how many people near where I live run the over or hit them in the head, then cut off the rattles with many often surviving.
Caption:
Heah, hold my beer for a sec.
WOW a diamond back rattle snake in Texas what will they find next in Texas, Texans?
Geography challenged, or reading challenged? Public school edumacation, perhaps?
Miss read the caption sucks to get old and have to wear reading glasses thought it said Austin, so it should have been Arizonans instead. Doesn’t have the same ring though.
Damn tiny smart phone screens.
You know why they call them “smart” phones?
Because the phone is often smarter than the user!
Poor snake. Had to die because of fear. This one is 3 times the size of rattlers we have in the canyons here.
Know what you mean about snake fear. We’ve had a harmless corn snake as a pet for 21 years in an aquarium. He/she is now 4.5 feet long (starting from 4″) and a beautiful friendly snake. Over the years visitors, on occasion, wonder what is in the aquarium and when they discover it is a snake, totally freak out. Some people have an inborn visceral fear of snakes. Today I found out that our home contractor (a big burly guy who eats nails and shits rails) is freaked out by snakes and wouldn’t get close to it.
I feel the same way about spiders, but know they are harmless and good. I can now force myself to pick up big assed wolf spiders (found in our basement) to face this down.
Fear is healthy.
If you had to clear the snakes out of your yard before letting the kids out to play, I’d bet you would have a different perspective. I would rather kill a rattlesnake out of fear, than allow my children to be harmed out of foolishness.
Well, I just think this guy’s outfit is awful.
You would.
Well those gogo boots with blue shorts are too gay in my gay neighborhood.
Snake boots actually. Not boots made of snake. Anti-snakebite boots.
I woulda’ thunk Dallas would have got that the boots were functional, not fashion.
Geez, it’s a small snake held up by a midget, what the big deal?
He only looks to be a few beer cans tall.
This snake was made to appear larger the way the Hogzilla was made to appear larger. It is being supported near the end of a stick much nearer the camera than the man but it is still a very big snake.
The size and plant growth suggests timber rattler rather than the location suggested.
How about something on North Korea? No more snakes, popes and gays.
Do they have Diamondbacks in North Korea?
The North Koreans ate them all.
Good one 🙂
The way he is holding it is an old fisherman’s trick to make your catch look larger.
Will that work with my “package” as well?
Photoshop “experts” are sooooo-boring. If that fucker crawled into your sleeping bag, I guarantee you would be screaming like a 9 year old girl.
I’m really don’t believe that is Tucson, or even Arizona. I’ve never seen green vegetation that thick there. Looking at the patchy grass, the hard white colored earth, and the thick, dark green vegetation, I would guess it is Florida.
Florida Sucks
Excellent call Yank. I agree. I copied the pic and entered it into Google Image Search and found this detailed website:
http://livingalongsidewildlife.com/2009/07/return-of-giant-killed-rattlesnake.html
I had a pet garter snake I took everywhere with me until it slithered off someplace. I’m not uncomfortable around snakes at all but see no reason to keep poisonous ones around. Same with spiders.
I’ve never understood the thrill of letting an unthinking dumb animal with no bank account nor feelings of responsibility or remorse get near me. Same with people actually.
Ha, ha.
This guy prolly thinks he can heard cats or retube paste, tooth!
Some rattlers can grow up to 7′ long, and they’re a heavy snake for their size. Fisherman’s trick or not, that snake is probably at its maximum natural size.
This snake would be considered a snack in Texas.
Perspective is everything. The snake is much closer to the camera than the poorly dressed individual.
Yeah, It was found lurking just outside of Photoshop, Arizona.