Big Snake.........

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by regency

I think I gotta get my seat recovered.............."code brown".

1973 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

Why, snakes are cool, had a few that lived in the barn where I stored stuff, called them my Guard snakes as they were always hanging in the rafters. There is also a big Black Snake that lives in the palm by my front door and another one by my back door..

[regency]

Yeah, I kinda like snakes too...........But a Big Azz Rattler like that one, Code Brown my brother.

There's a park here in Sacramento, along the American river where I do a-lot of running ( jogging now that I'm old ) and this time of year, I just run ( jog ) somewhere else, because the rattlers are all over the trail.

1973 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by yazhound

No way in hell that may only be three feet.. to close to the kid holding it, and it clearly drapes quite a distance on either side of his arm. No ploy there.

I'm still calling BS. There is no way to tell how far it is from the guy and he is clearly holding it out toward the camera on some piece of wood. You can see his knuckles on the right side of the snake, and his wrist on the left. I would bet the piece of wood is at least 2 - 2.5 ft. long.

It might be a 5-footer, but regardless of its actual length, if you want to show off how big something is, lay it on the ground and stretch out a tape measure next to it.

This forced perspective trick has been used way too many times to impress people on the internet. There's no reason to believe this time is any different.

[Heel n Toe]

Did a search...

"The latest picture to be doing the rounds was brought to my attention by a comment left by by Amy R on this blog. She notes that the snake on the right was allegedly killed in Mississippi. Then, Pat B. sent me an e-mail and told me the story takes place outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both said they heard the snake was eight and a half feet (2.6 meters) long (Amy R. also noted the snake allegedly had 21 rattles).

Where do we start? I'll start by saying that those lengths are bogus and the locations are...unlikely.

The snake in the picture is an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus. This is apparent because of the black and gold diamond-patterning and, of course, the rattle. This species does not reach eight and a half feet long. That would be the world's largest rattlesnake ever known to science. I don't believe this is the world's largest rattlesnake ever known because it is clearly an animal that is approximately half that size and thrust toward the camera on a long piece of wood. It's a rattlesnake camera trick I explain several times above and below."

Living Alongside Wildlife: About That Giant Dead Rattlesnake E-mail You Got... (Updated 5/2/13)

"...that picture has been around for a while. Saw it first on the Ms game and fish Website. More like 6 ft plus ."

Big Rattler ... Picture - Trapperman.com Forums

Real or Photoshopped? - Trapperman.com Forums

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by mikeesik

You can get rabies from a large rattler like that!

I think only mammels get rabies.

As for size, all I know is that its a big mofo iz all!