On Thu, 14 May 2020 09:18:27 -0400 (EDT), Justan Ohlphart
wrote:

"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message:
On 5/13/2020 1:36 PM, wrote: On Wed, 13 May 2020 10:32:23 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 5/13/2020 12:13 AM, wrote: On Tue, 12 May 2020 16:25:19 -0400, John wrote: ...can be a bit dangerous! https://www.liveabout.com/the-giant-florida-rattlesnake-3299773 -- === There are a lot of opportunities here to become part of the food chain. Not nearly as big as the one in John's link but Mrs.E. came home to our house in Jupiter, FL one day to find a 4 foot diamond backed rattle snake coiled up in the entrance to our house. It's the reason I bought a shotgun. Also had those "pygmy" rattle snakes usually as nests in brush and construction debris. You need more black snakes. They tend to run the rattlesnakes off. A black snake will eat a rattlesnake. http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Blacksnake2.jpg That's OK. You can keep
all
your rattlesnakes, black snakes,fire ants and wild boar down there. :-)We have rattlesnakes up here but they are very rarely seen. The"Blue Hills Reservation" here used to be infested with them.-- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.https://www.avg.com

Probably still is. I have never seen a live rattler in the wild in
florida. I think i might have seen a flat pigmy on the road the
other day judging by its shape. There's some pretty big black
snakes around here. I measured one shed skin at 4 feet. They
don't bother me much as long as there is some distance between
us.

When working at Cape Canaveral back in mid 60's, I saw several rattlers on the
roads and in the brush on the cape.
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