Can anybody in Florida confirm this.......??

Supposedly, this snake was found south of Jacksonville, Florida. Here's the story... IF it's true, that's one big rattler!!!

THIS IS NOT A PYTHON!
This is a 15 foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake - the largest ever caught on record, in fact. This snake was found Near the St. Augustine outlet, in a new KB homes subdivision just south of Jacksonville FL.

A little research revealed the following:

One snake of this size would contain enough venom to kill over 40 full grown men.
The head of this snake alone is larger than the hand of a normal sized man.
A bite from those fangs would comparable to being stabbed by two curved, 1/4 inch diameter screwdrivers.
The knife being used to draw out the fangs for the bottom picture has a blade around 4 inches long.
This snake is estimated to have weighed over 170 pounds. (How much do you weigh?)
Notice the girth of this snake as compared to the cop’s leg in the first picture (and he is not a small man).
A snake of this size could easily swallow a 2 year-old child (and dogs, pigs, etc).
A snake this size has an approximately 5 1/2 foot accurate striking distance. (The distance for an average size rattlesnake is about 2 feet.)
This snake has probably been alive since George Bush Sr. was President.
Now just ask yourself these questions: What has this snake been feeding on and where are it's offspring?








Doug...

Just keep that thing the hell away from me.

Got that in an email a while back, but doubt that it is real. One big ole dude if it is real.

Somebody should check snopes... We all know that everything "they" confirm is considered gospel...









Doug...

Snopes says it was 7'3". Still a big one though.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/15ftrattler.asp

Ah Hell, kill it and eat it.

Well do you thank a cop would fake it Ture or False True

res0rli9 wrote:Well do you thank a cop would fake it Ture or False True

Fake what? Cops don't lie man...

The snopes article says the snake was held closer to the camera than the other objects in the photos. The pic with the guy standing right next to it is obviously exagerrated. I mean that guy is only about 6 inches from the snake. It looks a touch bigger than 7' 3". But who am I to judge? Snopes is the bomb!!!








Doug...

Fake what? Cops don't lie man... Shocked Shocked Laughing


Well they don't do they.

heres a video from it

ThndrChkn wrote:Somebody should check snopes... We all know that everything "they" confirm is considered gospel...









Doug...

X2, they are always right.......

If the snake is 7'3", the guy must be only BOUT 6 INCHES TALL.

We have Eastern Diamondback Rattlers here the biggest I have ever seen was 6'7'' and the head on it was almost that size and it had 14 rattles and a button .If that snake was 15' it had a very small head for that size of snake.

Duf429 I'm going to get you!!!!!
Frank

Frank Merkl wrote:Duf429 I'm going to get you!!!!!
Frank

Talk about makin some boots!!

342g wrote:If the snake is 7'3", the guy must be only BOUT 6 INCHES TALL.

that snakes way more that 15 ' long , he can look in the 2nd floor window .. you should see that snakes long brother

That snake was speared with what looks like a 5 prong fish spear mounted on the end of 3/4" emt conduit.
When I was a kid I had a spear just like that for spearing carp during our spring floods.
No way it would support the weight of a 30lb carp.
I call the 15' and 170lbs BS.
Maybe 7' and 15-20lbs max.

The cool thing about snakes is that they don't stop growing, they just slow down! Got a 10 year old Rosey Boa that can attest to this!