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Texas size rattler

LarryK - 8-21-2010 at 08:05 PM

Everything is BIGGER in TEXAS, right?

Then guess what was found just south of Canton TX Near a new KB homes subdivision.



A 7 1/2 foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake

SO - this critter didn't get that big just eatin a mouse now and then...more like a dog size meal!

[Edited on 8-22-2010 by LarryK]

[Edited on 8-22-2010 by LarryK]

ELINVESTIG8R - 8-21-2010 at 08:07 PM

Damn where is that picture.

DENNIS - 8-21-2010 at 08:09 PM

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/15ftrattler.asp

LarryK - 8-21-2010 at 08:11 PM

Thanks Dennis, the pictures would not transfer.

ELINVESTIG8R - 8-21-2010 at 08:19 PM

Holy Cow...That sucker is enormous!

Woooosh - 8-21-2010 at 08:30 PM

7.3 feet- the angle it was being held up to the camera lens made it look longer. The snopes link was great.

Cardon Man - 8-22-2010 at 06:58 AM

Hope somebody ate it! That's a lot of good meat.

vandenberg - 8-22-2010 at 07:03 AM

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Originally posted by Cardon Man
Hope somebody ate it! That's a lot of good meat.


Taste just like chicken,:biggrin::biggrin:

DENNIS - 8-22-2010 at 08:27 AM

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Originally posted by vandenberg

Taste just like chicken,:biggrin::biggrin:


Everything tastes like chicken. Even gulf shrimp will start tasting like chicken after they soak them in broth to get rid of the oil taste. :barf:

Cardon Man - 8-22-2010 at 08:53 AM

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Originally posted by vandenberg


Taste just like chicken,:biggrin::biggrin:


It tastes nothing like chicken to me. More like reptile. Damn fine food though. If I kill one near my home we always eat it and dry the skin in the sun with salt.

mcfez - 8-22-2010 at 09:54 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by vandenberg

Taste just like chicken,:biggrin::biggrin:


Everything tastes like chicken. Even gulf shrimp will start tasting like chicken after they soak them in broth to get rid of the oil taste. :barf:


Thats too funny!

durrelllrobert - 8-22-2010 at 04:23 PM

EASTERN diamondback in Texas:?:
These stout-bodied pit vipers generally live in the dry, pine flatwoods, sandy woodlands, and coastal scrub habitats from southern North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana.