Beware of SNAKES !

Tom the Bomb

Tom the Bomb

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This was killed in a friends back yard in Thousand Oaks yesterday. With all the extra foliage the last few years it’s no wonder. Riders beware!

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Rumpled said:
I had BBQ rattlesnake once. Mot like chicken. A bit greasy and bland. A bit like crab in that you had to pick tiny pieces of meat out of those million tiny ribs.

That one was well fed. Probably not too many rats left around.
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That sounds gross!
You gotta have Cletus and Bubba filet that sucker like a channel cat. Drop it in some peanut oil, slap Sadie on the ass and it's done. Leave some backbone attached so you can peel the meat off and leave the bone behind.
Make a baby toy out of the rattler and a cowboy hat-band from the skull and you're golden.
 
evdog said:
Agreed. You don't want it in your back yard but animal control would probably re-locate it at no cost.
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There are several privateers in my area (and probably most areas) that will relocate rattlers as well, for no charge. Never used one myself, but I understand they will typically make haste to get to you, as people typically want the snake gone quickly, and will call the Fire Department if it can't be done in short order. I'm constantly amazed how many stories pop up on Nextdoor of people calling the FD, and wasting their time to come kill a rattlesnake.
 
buggravy said:
There are several privateers in my area (and probably most areas) that will relocate rattlers as well, for no charge. Never used one myself, but I understand they will typically make haste to get to you, as people typically want the snake gone quickly, and will call the Fire Department if it can't be done in short order. I'm constantly amazed how many stories pop up on Nextdoor of people calling the FD, and wasting their time to come kill a rattlesnake.
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I happen to be one of the rescuers in my area. It's always better to save a life than it is to end one.
 
SnakeCharmer said:
Probably 15-20 years old. A major breeder for the area. A queen bee of the region.
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Wow, I didn't realize rattle snakes lived that long. I was going to make a comment earlier based on size. I hate seeing a life taken needlessly, but particularly one that's an outlier that is probably making strong contributions to the gene pool. Like the trophy trout on a stringer.
 
da big hills said:
make a nice hat band. I have not seen one this big in a very long time. Looks like it may be one of our Mutant type. Here they can get black with gray diamonds and a cream colored belly that looks like a sawtooth pattern when lying across your favorite trail. You cannot tell they are a rattler until you see the tail
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In my extensive experience with rattlers, mostly our very local species, the Southern Pacific, I can say that they get darker with size and age. The five footers I have seen in the San Gabes and are nearly black, with a faint ghost pattern. Elsewhere, I have seen them up to about 3.5' and they too were fairly dark. They start out stunning with vivid contrast in the pattern shades but it would seem that their sun tan get's darker and darker as they grow and age. Remember that wrinkly old lady with a super dark tan in the movie "There's Something About Mary"?
 
Oaken said:
they always seem to be more pissed off too.

I have seen a Pacific in Huntington Beach, much to my surprise.
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IME, the larger the rattler, the more pissed of it is, regardless of the species. The older they get, the wiser they get. As young, they are somewhat disconnected but with time, they learn what danger is.

Air temps play a part in it as well. Cool temps, cooler head. Hot temps, hotter head.
 
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