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Ranger Mom
06-01-2005, 12:55 PM
I just received a phone call from my daughter. Evidently she, 3 girls and 2 guys just pulled up at my house and found a rattlesnake slithering across the driveway.
They jumped out and beat it senseless before decapitating it. (Not sure how much my daughter actually had to do with this).
I asked her how long it was and her answer was "Mom, it was freakin' huge"!! So....it could be either a foot or 5 feet long!
She said it's rattle had 6 buttons so it wasn't just a youngster. I will see when I get home, evidently they left the carcass laying there in the middle of the driveway!
pirate44
06-01-2005, 12:57 PM
Originally posted by Ranger Mom
I just received a phone call from my daughter. Evidently she, 3 girls and 2 guys just pulled up at my house and found a rattlesnake slithering across the driveway.
They jumped out and beat it senseless before decapitating it. (Not sure how much my daughter actually had to do with this).
I asked her how long it was and her answer was "Mom, it was freakin' huge"!! So....it could be either a foot or 5 feet long!
She said it's rattle had 6 buttons so it wasn't just a youngster. I will see when I get home, evidently they left the carcass laying there in the middle of the driveway!
and they didnt skin it and fry it up?:crazy:
Ranger Mom
06-01-2005, 12:58 PM
Originally posted by pirate44
and they didnt skin it and fry it up?:crazy:
If it gets hot enough here today, it can probably fry on the driveway!
LH Panther Mom
06-01-2005, 01:12 PM
You taught her well, RM. WTG, Ash!
AP Panther Fan
06-01-2005, 01:13 PM
Yikes...you have rattlesnakes in your yard and I have water moccasins....:eek: :eek: :eek:
Glad you have one less!;)
Bandera YaYa
06-01-2005, 01:26 PM
OMG ya'll are WOMEN in my book................I would have fainted dead away.......Ashton you be careful!!!!!! :eek: :eek:
Green Ranger
06-01-2005, 02:08 PM
I am more suprised at the fact there were not shots fired by either a pistol of a shotgun that was stuck underneath the seat. The other doesnt suprise me one bit.
Ranger Mom
06-01-2005, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by Green Ranger
I am more suprised at the fact there were not shots fired by either a pistol of a shotgun that was stuck underneath the seat. The other doesnt suprise me one bit.
:thinking: Do you know something that I don't know??
44INAROW
06-01-2005, 03:40 PM
Originally posted by Ranger Mom
If it gets hot enough here today, it can probably fry on the driveway!
lol Chicken Fried Snake for supper :D
Old Tiger
06-01-2005, 04:15 PM
go ash!!
Ranger Mom
06-01-2005, 06:30 PM
Well the poor little thing ended up being MAYBE 1-1/2 feet long. I doubt very seriously that it had 6 buttons on it's rattle, but I don't know, they cut that off and took it with them.
Holmes_Fans
06-01-2005, 07:31 PM
We killed a snake this past weekend.
http://img87.echo.cx/img87/4217/10022341yw.jpg
according to jason, there is one swimming around inks lake that is 6 feet long. It lives under our dock to.
bullfrog_alumni_02
06-01-2005, 10:07 PM
RM for a minute i thought you were gonna say your daughter had become a moderator...:p
Originally posted by Holmes_Fans
We killed a snake this past weekend.
http://img87.echo.cx/img87/4217/10022341yw.jpg
according to jason, there is one swimming around inks lake that is 6 feet long. It lives under our dock to.
If it's the same kind as the one in the picture, don't kill it because it won't hurt you...http://www.texassnakes.net/DiamondBacked.htm
Holmes_Fans
06-01-2005, 11:06 PM
It is long dead, we cut it in half and both parts started to crawl away.
Old Tiger
06-01-2005, 11:08 PM
Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Well the poor little thing ended up being MAYBE 1-1/2 feet long. I doubt very seriously that it had 6 buttons on it's rattle, but I don't know, they cut that off and took it with them. It could still pack enough venom to do some serious damage though RM..
Ranger Mom
06-01-2005, 11:12 PM
We just got back from my brother and sister-in-laws house. Their dog got bit by a rattlesnake about 10 minutes before we got there. When we left about 2-1/2 hours later, her head was the size of a basketball!
They are thick out here right now!
Ranger Mom
06-01-2005, 11:13 PM
Originally posted by Tiger WR
It could still pack enough venom to do some serious damage though RM..
No joke....a baby is more harmful than a full grown rattler.
LH Panther Mom
06-02-2005, 05:14 AM
Originally posted by Ranger Mom
We just got back from my brother and sister-in-laws house. Their dog got bit by a rattlesnake about 10 minutes before we got there. When we left about 2-1/2 hours later, her head was the size of a basketball!
They are thick out here right now!
Oh my! I hope she'll be okay! :(
Do NOT let me ever get close to a rattler, I don't care what size it is. I've seen first-hand, too many times, of the damage a bite can do to a human or animals. My brother (the one with less than good sense) is an actual textbook case.
Ranger Mom
06-02-2005, 11:12 AM
Originally posted by WOS1
Why is that?
I assume you are asking why a baby rattler is more dangerous than an adult!
From what I have always heard...an adult will strike quickly, releasing a little venom and then back off. A baby will strike and release ALL it's venom and if you are lucky will let go of you.
Evidently they don't have the instinct to know when to back off...like most youngsters!!:D
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