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Topic: Maryland- We Are Rattlesnake Eaters :-)
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devildog123

Fri 11/13/15 09:24 PM




If Maryland is that low on timber rattlers, we can spare quite a few...come and get em!


i'm surprised Maryland even has any rattlers...


We are technically The South. We are below the Mason Dixon Line.
We are having an increase in last 2-3 years of Southern wildlife do to warmer weather. Insects, reptiles, amphibians. (I forget what else).

We have mountains, farm, sea coast, bay coast..& metro (Baltimore).
All different dialects. Plus the Yanks & people from further south here.

Say what? laugh


We have them in Jersey too.. which surprised me because the winters are brutal. The snakes stay up in the north western part of the state.. Pocono Mtn. area. I have never seen one, but then again I don't go walking around up there either. I guess they are a hearty species to survive the winters.. even underground.
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Sojourning_Soul

Fri 11/13/15 10:16 PM



I remember a few years ago hiking up the side of a mountain in order to take a picture - when all of a sudden a large "fallen branch" about 10 or 12 feet away started moving of it's own accord. That (of course) got my attention, & when I looked over, I saw that it was actually a snake that was about 5 feet long... shocked shocked shocked

I moved a few feet to put a bit more distance between myself & the snake, then took a few pictures. Researching it later, I found that it appeared to be a prairie rattlesnake, at the western edge of it's normal territory. I was really glad that he started moving before I got too close, since I was probably 100 miles or more from a hospital - given the size of that rattler, I would've been a goner for sure... scared
I dont mind rattlesnakes around here...mainly canebrakes....the timber rattlers Southern cousin... anyways...its the damn cottonmouths that are a pain....mean bastards laugh


In Florida we had cottonmouths and copperheads. Both are very aggressive, and as they develope new areas for housing and business they find more and more in the cities
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RebelArcher

Fri 11/13/15 10:19 PM




I remember a few years ago hiking up the side of a mountain in order to take a picture - when all of a sudden a large "fallen branch" about 10 or 12 feet away started moving of it's own accord. That (of course) got my attention, & when I looked over, I saw that it was actually a snake that was about 5 feet long... shocked shocked shocked

I moved a few feet to put a bit more distance between myself & the snake, then took a few pictures. Researching it later, I found that it appeared to be a prairie rattlesnake, at the western edge of it's normal territory. I was really glad that he started moving before I got too close, since I was probably 100 miles or more from a hospital - given the size of that rattler, I would've been a goner for sure... scared
I dont mind rattlesnakes around here...mainly canebrakes....the timber rattlers Southern cousin... anyways...its the damn cottonmouths that are a pain....mean bastards laugh


In Florida we had cottonmouths and copperheads. Both are very aggressive, and as they develope new areas for housing and business they find more and more in the cities
Ive never had many priblems with copperheads...other than that they were so well camoflouged...can sit on one and not see it lol
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mightymoe

Fri 11/13/15 10:40 PM




I remember a few years ago hiking up the side of a mountain in order to take a picture - when all of a sudden a large "fallen branch" about 10 or 12 feet away started moving of it's own accord. That (of course) got my attention, & when I looked over, I saw that it was actually a snake that was about 5 feet long... shocked shocked shocked

I moved a few feet to put a bit more distance between myself & the snake, then took a few pictures. Researching it later, I found that it appeared to be a prairie rattlesnake, at the western edge of it's normal territory. I was really glad that he started moving before I got too close, since I was probably 100 miles or more from a hospital - given the size of that rattler, I would've been a goner for sure... scared
I dont mind rattlesnakes around here...mainly canebrakes....the timber rattlers Southern cousin... anyways...its the damn cottonmouths that are a pain....mean bastards laugh


In Florida we had cottonmouths and copperheads. Both are very aggressive, and as they develope new areas for housing and business they find more and more in the cities


i see more of them than rattlesnakes in Texas, they are everywhere... and they will chase you, rattlesnakes won't