Snake in the grass

[bigguy]

A friend sent me these photos Thursday night. Here is the accompanying text in the e-mail.

Look what was found just south of Canton, TX .. Near a new KB homes subdivision.
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 8:57 PM

15 foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake. Largest ever caught on record.
After seeing this, I did a little research, and learned the following:  
One bite from a snake this large contains enough venom to kill over 40 full grown men.
The head alone is larger than the hand of a normal sized man.
This snake was probably alive  when George H. W. Bush was President.
A bite from those fangs would equal being penetrated by two  1/4 inch screwdrivers.
A snake this size could easily swallow a 2 year-old child.
A snake this size has an approximately 5 and 1/2 foot accurate striking distance. (The distance for an average size Rattlesnake is about 2 feet)
Judging by the size of the snake, it is estimated to weigh over 170 pounds. How much do you weigh?

[Ratdog]

Tastes like chicken !!!  That would be an awful LOT of snake.

[Serk]

Sorry to be the party pooper, they are cool pictures, but it was "only" a little over 7 feet, and it was in Florida, not Texas...

(I still wouldn't wanna tangle with a 7 foot snake!)

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/15ftrattler.asp

[Gear Jammer]

Sorry to be the party pooper, they are cool pictures, but it was "only" a little over 7 feet, and it was in Florida, not Texas...

(I still wouldn't wanna tangle with a 7 foot snake!)

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/15ftrattler.asp

Yeah, down here a 7 footer would just be a common Garter snake !      Texas Rattlers eat those for snacks       

[bigguy]

Sorry to be the party pooper, they are cool pictures, but it was "only" a little over 7 feet, and it was in Florida, not Texas...
(I still wouldn't wanna tangle with a 7 foot snake!)
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/15ftrattler.asp

Well Horse hockey!!!
I fell for that. It was sent to me by a middle school superintendent who rarely sends me bogus stuff. I never checked because it was from him.

[Gear Jammer]

Trust no one   

[fuzzy2bucks]

Yep, those rattlers are tough critters. I ran over on while working at an Oasis north of Phoenix and the gutts were hanging out of the snake while he continued to try to bite my front tire.  I was looking down on the scene and he kept trying to bite the tire even after running over the 5 foot snake several times.  When I left the snake was still trying to bite the tire that was now gone and all he was biting was air.

[Normandog]

We've been invaded by eastern diamond backs here in Nebo. (I believe wildlife folks have released a few batches in the nearby mtns) Since June there's been 7 killed within 1/2 mile of my house. Four within a couple hundred yds. And the eighth one got away while a neighbor went to get a shovel.