WHOA !!

[gajack]

Just a little reminder to watch where you step.
This rattler 16 with the button was in the a backyard
of a home in south west
South Carolina east of Augusta Ga.

 

[Matt Thomas]

Big timber rattler.

 

[kurt v]

don't show that to much I think they are protected.

 

[1948CaseVAI]

(quoted from post at 12:40:13 07/02/21)
don't show that to much I think they are protected.

I wouldn't accuse South Carolina of being a northern state!

"Conservation Status: Timber and canebrake rattlesnakes are not protected in the southern states and the species is not considered to be in serious danger, but populations are steadily decreasing over the geographic range, primarily due to habitat destruction and other human activities. In some areas of the northeast timber rattlesnakes have declined dramatically and they are protected in several northern states.

From https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/crohor.htm

 

[Janicholson]

They are serious. Eat it, they are fine dining. I used a shovel to kill one 12 inches from a 70 year old woman's ankle. I had her hold still and not look down. Snick. It was only 20 inches long, but she had low top shoes. Jim

 

[Steve@Advance]

Nice! If they wag their tail, it means they are happy and want to be petted!

Confirm or deny, I've heard a couple people, hunters, say that if there are hogs in the area, rattlers don't rattle! Hogs hear it, and will eat the snake! True or false?

 

[rlp in Co.]

My neighbor was bit by a prairie ratttler and died, but he was pretty old. My big lab got bit and his head swelled up as big as a basketball. I thought sure he would die, but he finally pulled thru. I've killed three on my place. One was just a baby, thin and not very long. These snakes here are not as big or long as that one. I wonder how long they live; looks like that one is 16. That's the most rattles I have ever seen.

 

[jm.]

Don't want to argue but all the timber ones around here have a lot more black., always look like they had been dropped down a stove pipe. Never see any that colorful. Tennessee

 

[DoubleO7]

16 rattles does not indicate age.
If they are healthy and eating well, they will grow faster and shed skin. Often times two or three times a year especially when young.
When they shed is when they get another rattle.

Plus the more rattles they have, the more likely they have also lost some off the end.
The first one is cone shaped and if they lost it or more the end is like a ball socket ball.

 

[SVcummins]

How many feet long

 

[john in la]

False.

A rattle snake will sit very quiet and not rattle at all as you pass within inches of it more often than not.
But this has nothing to do with feral hogs.

 

[50supera]

WHOA!! That's not far from me! I'm N of the Garden City.

 

[glennster]

how do you tell the difference between a timber rattler and a canebrake? i looked at pictures and couldnt see a difference.

 

[john in la]

Glenn

A canebrake is just another name for a timber rattler.

 

[Traditional Farmer]

Nice size, never have seen a rattler on my place but they are in the mountain a few miles West of me.More than enough Copperheads though.