Big A** Rattle snake
This wasn't found on the AT, but still a huge timber rattler. It was found on a golf course in Macon, GA
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/7/5/6/8/pic20654.jpg
Last edited by Frolicking Dinosaurs; 01-27-2008 at 22:47. Reason: fixed format error
Very cool ... nice picture.
You can never appreciate the shade of a tree unless you sweat in the sun.-- Author Unknown
That would feed a good sized family!
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
Looks photoshopped, the end of the branch looks weird. and man that would be one REALLY big Rattler.
HHmmmm.... wounder if its real photo.
Looks like one of the biggest ones that was raised in captivity was 8lbs and 5.3 feet long - that is small compared to the one this guy is holding, unless he is 2.5 feet tall
Cool photo anyways
Last edited by wrongway_08; 01-27-2008 at 22:03.
Rick,Originally Posted by wrongway_08
We've got better things to do than photoshop snakes for this quality site. I remember my picture of a bobcat being debated as to it's authenticity. Shoot we've got freaks thawing out their boots to the point of melting in this community - believe it or not. No need to photoshop what's out there.
You can never appreciate the shade of a tree unless you sweat in the sun.-- Author Unknown
GOOD GAWD! That thing looks like something on the Sci-Fi channel.
There was a rattler killed on Warner Robbins AFB measuring over 12 feet, I don't remember the year early 90's. Warner Robbins AFB isn't too far from Macon.
All I can say is,"you sure grow them big in the South"!!! Did you take your new timber rattler friend up to Springer Mt. for the thru hikers to enjoy viewing on their first day on the AT????
"I told my Ma's and Pa's I was coming to them mountains and they acted as if they was gutshot. Ma, I sez's, them mountains is the marrow of the world and by God, I was right". Del Gue
Assuming?? this is an undoctored photo, that thing has got to be at least 8 feet. I think I'll have to look up the record size for those things, never would have guessed they get up to 12 ft, you sure about that J. Rabbit?
Here is link to a pretty big one that was killed in Central Florida, not a timber rattler, but a diamond back.
It's big enough to convince me to leave it alone!
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...1/bigsnake.jpg
Stumpy
You can never go wrong with butter or bacon!!!!
I think that might actually be a canebrake rattler. (Crotalus h. atricaudatus)
http://www.pestproducts.com/images/cbrsnk.jpg
Larger than its close relative, the timber rattlesnake, the canebrake is more irritable, ready to defend itself.
Average length 3 feet, maximum length 6 feet.
Last edited by Smile; 01-28-2008 at 00:46.
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I don't think it's as huge as everyone is thinking. Remember, perspective counts for a lot. The snake is MUCH closer to the camera than the man with the stick. When you look at an extreme close-up of your dog's face, you realize its nose isn't as big as all the rest of its head, but it often looks that way in the shot. This was also how Peter Jackson shot many of his scenes in LOTR to make regular sized actors look hobbit size.
Still, it IS a big rattler.......
If people spent less time being offended and more time actually living, we'd all be a whole lot happier!
yup bear is right. that is not photo shopped, just a wide-ish angle lens close to the subject.. it distorts perspective when used close to the subject, just like bear said.
and yes, that is big rattler and yes i am happy to see you too.
pt
before washing your jeans shorts, pre-treat by throwing them away.
what's with the folks in the South finding huge snakes and then promptly killing them
Cuz ther a sceert of em.
Maybe it is because we find them on our golf courses, at the foundation of our house, or curled around the mailbox pole. While I don't bother snakes in the wild, poisonous critters aren't going to be safe from a Dino-granny when they are inhabiting areas where my grand and great-grandkids will be playing.
How are you going to make your new boots if you don't ?
You know that you're over the hill when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill.
Actually,that ain't all that big a rattler for down heyuh.
There used to be a picture on the wall of a barber shop in
Milledgeville of a big ole bulldozier driver holding a rattler that
he killed and it weighed in at over 90 pounds.
The man appears to be almost 6 feet tall in the photo
and the snake draped to either side of him when held up
to shoulder height.
The mans bicep was bulging under the weight to hold the
snake up but it was an old photo and all our big rattlers are
mostly gone with the wind now.....sorta like real heart pine.
Oldfivetango
Keep on keeping on.
Yep, saw it in the paper and I believe everything in the paper.
The guy that killed it was 6'4" he had it hanging around his neck with rattlers and head touching the ground.
That thing was big enough to make a nice pair of boots with several matching belts, a hat band, a purse with matching wallet and check book cover and lots of other accessories.
It is really sad that these guys kill them just to get their picture in the paper. The snake was crawling across a dirt road on the AFB, the guy got out of his truck wanting to catch it, killed it instead.
FD thanks for fixing my link. I wasn't sure how to do it properly.
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