Had one of our field crew guys call today. They are staying out of town, Gonzales Tx. to be exact on a long term project. He woke up this morning, got dressed, looked down, brushed something with his boot on the floor that he couldnt tell what it was and was bit on his boot by a small rattle snake! HOLY CRAP!!
He promptly reserved a room at another hotel - its warming up in south texas!
Went to High School in the Republic of Panama. Woke up one morning, got dressed and for some reason looked into my shoes before I put them on. Found a live scorpion. Took me years back in the U.S. before I stopped looking into my shoes before I got dressed.
Prof.
Growing up in West Texas and the Panhandle, checking for scorpions was just a natural thing to do.
When I wasn't old enough to think to check, my mother used to go through the house every morning with a pair of pliers killing scorpions before us kids got up.
But we never had a rattle snake in the house. Plenty in the yard though.
> Growing up in West Texas and the Panhandle, checking for scorpions was just a natural thing to do.
Same thing for us when we lived in Arizona. I was always checking and shaking my closed toed shoes out before putting them on. Ugh...bugs!!! :-S
Now you should check to see if they are full of water. 🙂
Somethings all wrong with this story.
What's a small rattlesnake doing in Texas?
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was it a pygmy rattler? we have those here, and like little dogs, they tend to be more aggressive than their larger counterparts.
around here, we never leave shoes outside, and always shake them out first if we forget.. spiders, scorpions and a really nasty caterpillar love to find your still warm shoes out by the pool overnight..
A Texan's definition of a SMALL rattlesnake
That's one that it only takes one guy to lift after killing it.
A Texan's definition of a SMALL rattlesnake
Sounds like a good job for a rod man and a brush hook.
> Now you should check to see if they are full of water. 🙂
😉
> Now you should check to see if they are full of water. 🙂
Smart Alec. 😛
Here's a couple of smallish Texas rattlesnakes.
HOLY CRAP ROBERT!
I wonder what he considers big?!!??!!! :-O
big has to be in excess of 5 feet, Usually it is in excess of 6 feet.
We killed two in our yard that size in less than a year when I lived in Fritch, TX.
Of course they had a good food source. We lived on the edge of a prairie dog town that covered more than a square mile.
> big has to be in excess of 5 feet, Usually it is in excess of 6 feet.
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> We killed two in our yard that size in less than a year when I lived in Fritch, TX.
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> Of course they had a good food source. We lived on the edge of a prairie dog town that covered more than a square mile.
Sounds like our place in Tucson. Between the coyotes and snakes, there wasn't much wildlife outside of my brick walled back yard. All prairie dogs, cats, and other assorted small animals were supper for the bigger animals. :-/
