Someone explain rattlesnakes to me.

[skunked]

the second snake pictured doesn't look like a rattler.

We have lots of them around here, over the weekend I was showing videos to my 5 year old so she stays away from them.

[vash]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Do you have a larger version of the second photo? Red looks like it is touching yellow...

no, i have a 3 (preferably 5) foot rule with snakes. i am pretty sure is a california king snake. it was dark dark maroon, almost black with off white stripes.

none of the rattlesnakes rattled..which sucks.

[red-beard]

This is a Coral Snake - Red Touch Yellow - Kill a Fellow



Corey is not feeling too well. He encounted a car!

This is a king snake - Red Touch Black - Friend to Jack

[Flieger]

California has a species of king snake called unimaginatively the California King Snake that is just black and yellow. Makes it easier to tell. But I think we have the black/red/yellow ones too.

Here are a couple:

Bishop Peak San Luis Obispo_ 093 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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[Embraer]

the king snake is awesome. impervious to rattlesnake venom. it's the chuck norris of snakes. it eats rattlers for breakfast....literally.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by Embraer

the king snake is awesome. impervious to rattlesnake venom. it's the chuck norris of snakes. it eats rattlers for breakfast....literally.

Yep. King Snakes don't give a ****.

[Zeke]

If he struck at your tire, he could reach your ankle, right? I've read that a snake can strike out half his length. Better not encounter a 5 footer!

[KFC911]

Rattlesnake = Vamoose!!!

No further explanation needed imo

[scottmandue]

FWIW "the little ones" are MORE poisonous that the adults... or so I have been told.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

FWIW "the little ones" are MORE poisonous that the adults... or so I have been told.

Supposedly the young snakes have less experience/more difficulty in controlling the amount of venom they inject with a bite. Or at least that's what the textbooks say.

[futuresoptions]

They taste like chicken!

[rouxroux]

I think if bicycling in that area I'd carry a cheap .22 pistol loaded with cheesy CCI shot shells to dispach these little ratlers.

[ODDJOB UNO]

cci makes shotshell in .22/.38/9mm/.44 mag/.45.



wonderful stuff.


remember the equation is this:


the number "X" of TATTOOS X the number "X" of budwesiers consumed = the number of times bitten by a single rattlesnake.

this is a PROVEN formula in az.

[Taz's Master]

I've got a neighbor who asked me not to kill any rattlesnakes, said to give him a call and he'd relocate them. Well, I saw one last summer
so I called him. He cruises up on his ATV, pokes it with a stick to get it to stretch out, picks it up and drives away. That really isn't the method I think I want kids to learn.

[Hugh R]

Uh, wow.

[MarkRobinson]

too manly for me: my life's worth more than that. Those things can surprise you with their agility.

[Flieger]

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[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

They start coming out to hunt some time before sundown and hunt into the night until it gets too cool. They can also be out durinig the afternoon in the shade of grass or bushes. I would just ride around them. Most of the ones I've seen around here were pretty small & I've herded them into a plastic bucket & relocated them - except for one monster snake & just left alone.

Marv,

The "pretty small" ones are the most dangerous of all of them. The baby ones do not yet know how to regulate their venom, so give you the "full shot" and will kill people.

A .410 shotgun or pistol with "snake shot" works very well on rattlers... the non-poisonous ones leave them alone.

[RWebb]

several posters have mentioned killing so far

in fact, it is extremely rare for any rattlesnake to kill an adult human

OTOH, you may value your hands, or feet - so do be careful

and that means while rock climbing too!

[redstrosekNic]

Originally Posted by Flieger

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What an idiot.