08-10-2007, 03:01 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]They do call them blow snakes because these boys can hiss loud! They are very beneficial and should not be killed. Just crap your pants and move aside. A snake that size can't be mistaken for a rattler because, guess what? He has no rattles. [/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Small snakes are a different story. Immature rattlers who have not got rattles yet are hard to distingush from non venomous snakes. The only real way in the scales on the tail after their vent. I believe, and it's been a lot of years since I handle a lot of snakes, but a non venemous snake has split scales and a rattler will have solid scales like the belly scales.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Either way, don't kill them. All snakes help control rodent populations. I agree that rattlers have no place in populated areas but don't kill them just to kill them. Give them a wide berth and let them go on their own way. They don't want any part of you either![/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Small snakes are a different story. Immature rattlers who have not got rattles yet are hard to distingush from non venomous snakes. The only real way in the scales on the tail after their vent. I believe, and it's been a lot of years since I handle a lot of snakes, but a non venemous snake has split scales and a rattler will have solid scales like the belly scales.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Either way, don't kill them. All snakes help control rodent populations. I agree that rattlers have no place in populated areas but don't kill them just to kill them. Give them a wide berth and let them go on their own way. They don't want any part of you either![/size][/black][/font]
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