On Fri, 15 May 2020 12:07:47 -0400, John wrote:

On Thu, 14 May 2020 18:29:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 5/14/2020 5:06 PM, John wrote:
On Thu, 14 May 2020 20:51:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

John wrote:
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.
--

Freedom Isn't Free!


Had a friend years ago, who was stationed at a Sage .radar side in nowhere
Oregon high desert. He said the biggest problem was the rattlers loved to
nest under the raised floor of the computer room. So, when you had to pull
flooring to move cables, made an exciting day. They probably used a lot of
CO2 fire extinguishers to calm them down.

While working with a National Guard unit at Ft. Irwin, CA (out in the middle of
the Mojave) our jeep broke down as we were headed in after dark. We had no
radio, and cell phones hadn't been invented yet. We were probably ten miles from
the post. We decided to walk back to the last intersection which had some
traffic. Got out of the jeep and hadn't gone 20 yards when we see a snake on the
asphalt road. We weren't sure what it was, too dark, but we decided to stay in
the damn jeep and sleep there if necessary. Before too long we saw some
headlights coming down the road. The car would move, stop, move, stop, and so
on. Finally it got to us. The man got out and offered to help. We asked what he
was doing. "Collecting rattlers," he said. Then he showed us the back end of the
station wagon, where his son was sitting with a forked stick. He point to two
burlap bags full of rattlers. He would drive over them, without hitting them,
and his son would pin them down. Then he'd collect it and bag it. He had about
20 in the bags. Lots of rattlers in the Mojave, and they like hot asphalt at
night.


Don't they make the antidote for a snake bite from the venom? Seem to
remember guys like those you described collect them for that purpose.

That's what these guys were doing. They milk 'em and then release 'em.
--

===

I wonder how often they get bitten,

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On Fri, 15 May 2020 12:56:10 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 15 May 2020 12:07:47 -0400, John wrote:

On Thu, 14 May 2020 18:29:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 5/14/2020 5:06 PM, John wrote:
On Thu, 14 May 2020 20:51:26 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

John wrote:
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.
--

Freedom Isn't Free!


Had a friend years ago, who was stationed at a Sage .radar side in nowhere
Oregon high desert. He said the biggest problem was the rattlers loved to
nest under the raised floor of the computer room. So, when you had to pull
flooring to move cables, made an exciting day. They probably used a lot of
CO2 fire extinguishers to calm them down.

While working with a National Guard unit at Ft. Irwin, CA (out in the middle of
the Mojave) our jeep broke down as we were headed in after dark. We had no
radio, and cell phones hadn't been invented yet. We were probably ten miles from
the post. We decided to walk back to the last intersection which had some
traffic. Got out of the jeep and hadn't gone 20 yards when we see a snake on the
asphalt road. We weren't sure what it was, too dark, but we decided to stay in
the damn jeep and sleep there if necessary. Before too long we saw some
headlights coming down the road. The car would move, stop, move, stop, and so
on. Finally it got to us. The man got out and offered to help. We asked what he
was doing. "Collecting rattlers," he said. Then he showed us the back end of the
station wagon, where his son was sitting with a forked stick. He point to two
burlap bags full of rattlers. He would drive over them, without hitting them,
and his son would pin them down. Then he'd collect it and bag it. He had about
20 in the bags. Lots of rattlers in the Mojave, and they like hot asphalt at
night.


Don't they make the antidote for a snake bite from the venom? Seem to
remember guys like those you described collect them for that purpose.

That's what these guys were doing. They milk 'em and then release 'em.
--

===

I wonder how often they get bitten,

I didn't ask!
--

Freedom Isn't Free!