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Huge Rattlesnake

AlabamaJack

AlabamaJack

I wonder if this has been photoshopped...any way to tell?

it is one of the largest if not the largest rattlesnake I have ever seen....received this from a fellow hunting lease member...supposedly it was caught in Eastland County, Texas...where our hunting lease is...

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i'm not sure if it is or not, but i have seen this a couple of other place on the interweb, no one seems to think its a chop.
 
I wrote the Eastland newspaper an email including this pic to see if they have heard of/seen it...one thing I can say is that it is at least 3-4 feet in front of the guy holding it but I can't really tell how close the camera is...and I gotta say I think the guy is drinking 'Stones
 
If anyone is from Texas, they may have been to a hunting/gun store named Carter's country. I dont know if it is still there, but when I was younger, they had a lion with the HUGEST set of balls on him that I, or my dad, had ever seen. It looked like one of those speed bags that boxers use. That, and right next to it, was a HUGE rattle snake. It's coiled up, but I would say its pretty close to that size. Me being from Texas, I have hunted rattlesnakes, and have seen some close to that, but not QUITE that big.
Either way, thats a HUGE bitch!!!
 
That is HUGE for a rattlesnake. They like to hide in the rocks and are found sometimes in the slot canyons.
 
Nope, ain't buying it! That rattler would have to be 8 foot or close to it. Something funny about that pic.
 
I think its just a perspective issue. I would say based on the way he is holding it and how far from his feet the tail is that it is about 6'. I might just be full of BS though too.
 
I'm heading off to work, but PM me a reminder, and I'll look at it in PS for you and let you know what I think later on in the day.
 
Not buying it. An eastern diamondback might be that big - but they aren't found in Texas. There are claims of westerns over 6 feet, but only claims.

A shame to kill it. A beautiful animal that would be worth some serious €€ in Europe.
 
I have seen some huge diamondbacks on the farm, but not that big. Had a mustang(horse) almost die a couple years ago after being bitten on his nose. His whole head swolled up, blood was comming out of his eyes and nose, but he made it through after 3 days. He almost got donated to Busch Gardens for lion meat, LOL.
 
heres another biggie in Texas -http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread487398/pg1

and another
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=54663

I didnt think they got THAT big :eek:
 
LUCKYDOG said:
heres another biggie in Texas -http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread487398/pg1

and another
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=54663

I didnt think they got THAT big :eek:
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They don't.

Seriously? Snopes.com? Google FTW. (And read the thread @ snopes...)
 
from what has been documented by scholarly institutions...

eastern diamondbacks may reach 8 feet

"Description: The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest of the 32 species of rattlesnake currently recognized. They are large, heavy-bodied snakes with large, broad heads with two light lines on the face. Adults are usually 33-72 in (84-183 cm) long, but the largest individual on record was 96 in (244 cm). Mature snakes can tip the scales at over 10 lbs. The background color is brown, tan, or yellowish and covered with the namesake diamonds, which are brown and surrounded by lighter scales. Males are larger than females."

lifted from: http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/snakes/croada.htm

western diamondbacks may reach 7.5 feet

"Size
The largest reported measurement for a western diamondback rattlesnake is 92.5 inches (Jones, 1997). Interestingly the second largest specimen to be measured was found in Cedar Hill, Texas and measured 92 inches. (Curtis, 1949). While gigantically proportioned specimens such as these are unlikely to be found in the wild again near Dallas, specimens measuring more than five feet in overall length are still found in southwestern Dallas County. The average size for adult specimens is between three to four feet."

lifted from: http://biology.uta.edu/herpetology/western_diamondback_rattlesnake.htm
 
They pulled one almost that big out of a park I used to live by in Southern Kommifornistan back in the early 90's and I've seen a few here in az that are also close to that size. I bet that one is real, and not a chop job.
 
If you look at the stick he is holding you can see he's got it 3-4 feet from his body, and the snake is near the camera lens, and its tail is not close to the ground, as it seems. Looks real. It's perspective.
 
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