One member of the field crew wouldn't let anyone kill this hissing, rattling thing of nightmares. I suspect the people living in that area wouldn't be to happy with him just helping the snake cross the road. Normally I live and let live, but that was too close to homes and a church with children's play equipment... I'm pretty sure I would have destroyed it. If he wanted to do it right, he should have relocated the snake to some unpopulated area... If any area still exists.
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If I came across it in the woods and I didn't think there was a chance of someone on the crew getting bitten then I probably would let it go.?ÿ But if it was anywhere near a house or barn then I would have destroyed it.?ÿ And if someone else didn't like it then I could care less.
I would think any "helping"/relocating of the snake that led to bad consequences/outcomes may have some liability attributable to those not "qualified" to do so, including the company?
The only good snake..........................................................
The only good snake..........................................................
... is a long way from you or me.
BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY LOOKING EXAMPLE OF THE EASTERN DIAMONDBACK!!!!
fair enough, I definitely could not see the banding typical in the Crotalus adamenteus.
still a beautiful big healthy rodent killing snake!
If it has rattles, its a rattlesnake. The only detail that matters in the long run. I have always liked snakes and let them pass. Even poisonous ones in remote areas. Next to a church, house, school.... The poisonous ones will be removed one way or another. I like snakes, but I like people more.?ÿ
big timber rattler - what locality does/did he/her live in?
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I??d rather see a vicious dog put down. ?ÿNever heard of a snake chasing and attacking a person maiming or killing them. ?ÿ
Someday I will die in mid-air as I attempt to get away from a snake that has suddenly appeared.?ÿ A major heart attack will end me before I hit the ground.
I recall seeing one of those Eastern Diamondback rattlers in northern Alabama as a boy crossing a narrow dirt road. Left quite the impression since it??s head disappeared into the vegetation on the other side of the road before it??s tail emerged from the other. Magnificent creature and I gather they are not very common? A big one like that would have quite some reach were it provoked into striking. I believe it??s something like 2/3 their body length. On a big one, about the length of a shovel handle?
There are three or four counties right here together that are blessed with a lack of rattlesnakes. In my home county I have never seen one in the wild. I've been working out of Oconee county for a few years now. One of the things that has been hard to get used to is working where there are rattlesnakes. Being hearing impaired, I cannot determine direction from sound. In an encounter with a rattler, I won't know which way to run. I still follow my Dad's advice.... Walk heavily and cut brush loudly.?ÿ
Just before y'all go nite nite watch this......
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Now that's a great video.?ÿ I'd be curious to see how long of a stick he had, and if he was wearing some half inch thick waders.?ÿ
