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Share The Road

submitted by COF to Nature 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:13:45 ago (+31/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

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Came across this guy on a recent hike. It's a Western Diamondback rattlesnake so I let him take his time.


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[ - ] account deleted by user 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 10, 2021 03:51:04 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 10, 2021 01:31:34 ago (+0/-0)

Only ever seen 'em that big in Iowa once.
Not supposed to get that big up here, but there it was, sprawled across the trail just like your boy, there.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 21:47:10 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] COF [op] 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 22:07:08 ago (+0/-0)*

A little farther north. Wichita Mtns Wildlife Refuge.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 23:26:49 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] FacelessOne 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 10, 2021 06:45:46 ago (+0/-0)

Another Okie Goat?

[ - ] COF [op] 1 point 3.9 yearsJun 10, 2021 07:59:51 ago (+1/-0)

Yup.

[ - ] mattsixteen24 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 21:25:53 ago (+0/-0)

I always remember reading as a kid about how the Wester Diamondback was the largest rattle snake (and most poisonous rattle snake?). Pretty sweet.

[ - ] COF [op] 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 21:44:26 ago (+0/-0)

They can get up to 6 feet and weight 12 lbs or so. They aren't the most venomous but you can lose a limb due to necrosis. Fortunately we have anti-venom in most of the hospitals, especially during the summer.

[ - ] MonkeysSmarterThanNiggers 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 18:48:26 ago (+0/-0)

did you play a game with that snake? (a game where you put apples on the floor and the snake must eat them, becoming longer with each apple. but if it bites itself, it loses.)

[ - ] COF [op] 1 point 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 19:09:58 ago (+1/-0)

Nope, it would never have occurred to me to do that. Even if it had, I still wouldn't.

[ - ] MonkeysSmarterThanNiggers 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 10, 2021 04:28:40 ago (+0/-0)

i think you missed the reference

[ - ] account deleted by user 2 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:50:32 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] Lin_Ching_Yu 2 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:28:09 ago (+2/-0)

Deep frying results in kino dirt chicken.

[ - ] COF [op] 4 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:29:38 ago (+4/-0)

We have roundups where they do fry them.

[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 1 point 3.9 yearsJun 10, 2021 01:26:55 ago (+1/-0)

I'm there, dude.

[ - ] lord_nougat 3 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:19:46 ago (+3/-0)

Crikey, he's a BEAUTY!

[ - ] deleted 2 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:16:37 ago (+3/-1)

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[ - ] COF [op] 2 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:20:25 ago (+2/-0)

You learn to keep watch during the spring and summer and always keep your dog on a leash.

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 0 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:57:34 ago (+1/-1)*

It's pretty rare that people die from rattlesnake bites. Don't get me wrong, it'll hurt like a motherfucker but unless you're bitten on the neck you've got more than a day to get to the hospital.

[ - ] deleted 2 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 15:58:53 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 1 point 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 16:25:26 ago (+1/-0)

Yeah, but it's easily identified so there's no question when you get to the emergency room. Coral snakes have deadlier venom, but they're not vipers like rattlesnakes so it's less likely to suffer a fatal strike.

[ - ] FacelessOne 1 point 3.9 yearsJun 10, 2021 06:36:53 ago (+1/-0)

Im most worried about cottonmouths. Rattlesnakes usually get culled by the rat snakes here.

[ - ] 86USSLiberty 1 point 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 16:54:42 ago (+1/-0)

Buddy got bitten by a small one at night.Drove him to hospital. His leg swelled up like crazy but he came home after a full day in the hospital. I’ve heard the babies pack a worse bite but don’t know if that’s just a myth.

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 2 points 3.9 yearsJun 9, 2021 17:01:37 ago (+2/-0)

It's not a myth. The younger ones haven't learned how much venom they need to use, so they basically mag dump. It isn't uncommon for an adult rattlesnake to "dry bite" a potential threat. That's when the don't inject any venom at all. As they get older they tend to conserve their venom and only use what they need to get the job done. They don't waste it on things they can't eat.