What we have to deal with!

[CarnoustieCats]

Not Scottish - honest

[deltadelta48]

The poor thing was probably smuggled into the US illegally as part of the 'pet trade' I hope it was taken to a sanctuary and will be left in peace.

Sorry, but it looks dead. and I don't think they smuggle rattlesnakes in to country to keep as pets. Or did I miss ID that snake?

[adman55]

Hanna thats a rattlesnake nobody in their right mind would want that.

[deltadelta48]

This is the kind of thing we have to deal with in the S.E. US. Was found in a St.Augustine (Fla) shopping mall! None of them wimpy rattlers for us! Reported to be 15 ft. long.







Love to all
Poppa

Geez, am glad we have few of them critters in Wisconsin (only by Misssissippi river bluffs). I believe that I would never leave the house if I lived in Florida!! You are a brave man Poppa.

[kengillam]

Is that why there are so many guns in the USA to ptotect yourselves from snakes

[CarnoustieCats]

Nice one!!

[asdcore]

Sadly, they killed it.

[poppa501]

Sadly, they killed it.

Yes, unfortunately they did. This is the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. Largest of the breed. We have them in south Georgia. Fairly common, but this one was extrordinarily large. I wish they had captured it and put it in a zoo or released it in the wild. Most people don't have much sympathy with snakes though.


Love to all
Poppa

[Rubysafira]

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The trappers who caught and killed a giant rattlesnake in St. Johns County said the snake was 7 feet 3 inches long.

Experts said it's one of the biggest rattlesnakes they've ever seen.

[TexasAda]

Maybe it got so big by eating mall food. Would have made superb overnight mall security with a few signs posting its presence to warn off would-be burglars. Security could have inserted redundant locator chips in the snake so they could retrieve it every morning.

[legally required caveat: JOKING, folks]