Large rattlesnake

[froggy]

According to one of my friends that I got this picture from, this snake was found at the old Turkey Creek gas plant located just south of the Alibates Turnoff on Highway 136 south of Fritch Texas (just north of Amarillo).

 

[Jagmandave]

Whoa! That's a monster!

 

[BB_TX]

I think this another case of photo deception. Hold the snake on a long pole in front of the camera and stand in the background. Makes it look much larger than it is. Still, it looks like a pretty good size snake.

 

[froggy]

Yeah, regardless of how the photo was set up, that snake didn't lack for food! Would like to see a picture from the side or laid out on the ground.

 

[rback33]

I have to agree with Bill on this.... Big snake, but the picture was taken in a manner that makes it look much bigger than it is.

 

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ... that snake didn't lack for food! )</font>

With a snake that size, they probably didn't have many rats or mice around. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[HGM]

Or cats for that matter.....A mouse or most rats would hardly be worth the trouble for a snake that size /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif maybe a midnight snack /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[YanmarFever]

Maybe you skeptics would like him to drape it around his neck for you ? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[hobbyfarm]

You got to remember one thing...snakes don't eat all that often.

 

[froggy]

It really surprised me that one this size came from the panhandle. It wouldn't have surprised me had it come from anywhere south of San Antonio.

 

[wushaw]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( You got to remember one thing...snakes don't eat all that often. )</font>

Yea about every two weeks and are extremely lazy and will lay in one spot for days till the need for food or water.

That is just and old snake that always had the right hiding spot untill untill his #1 predator found him...US.

 

[Glenn9643]

However the photo was taken, he's big enough to make a good meal! Ever fried one? Great.

 

[arthr31]

so's i wants to know, how y'all gonna eat the snake?!?
Once when I was in new mexico i was served rattle snake. was good, like chciken!!! HA HA A /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
seriously, snakes like that will keep me livin' in cold climates.

 

[caylor]

BB_TX,

I agree with the photo deception. I use the same method when taking pictures of the fish I catch. It is also know as the "Bill Dance Technique"