Snake found near St Augustine Outlet

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Snake found near St Augustine Outlet

Postby violet on Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:23 pm

OMG .......just got this email from my sister and she in in Austrailia so how she found out....????

Guess what was found just south of Jacksonville..

Near the St. Augustine outlet, in a new KB homes subdivision.

15 foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake. Largest ever caught on record.

((((((Cant print the picture but this beast is huge)))))

After seeing this, I did a little research, and learned the following:

One bite from a snake this large contains enough venom to kill over 40 full grown men.

The head alone is larger than the hand of a normal sized man.

This snake was probably alive when George H. W. Bush was President.

A bite from those fangs would equal being penetrated by two 1/4 inch screwdrivers.

A snake this size could easily swallow a 2 year-old child.

A snake this size has an approximately 5 and 1/2 foot accurate striking distance. (The distance for an average size Rattlesnake is about 2 feet)

Judging by the size of the snake, it is estimated to weigh over 170 pounds. How much do you weigh... lol....?


:roll: :roll: 8 days and counting before I go :roll: :roll: :roll: not quite so excited now....
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Re: Snake found near St Augustine Outlet

Postby Shirls on Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:25 pm

Wow that is large :shock: I know exectly where that is too, as we were there last November :)
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Re: Snake found near St Augustine Outlet

Postby JAF on Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:44 pm

I am very glad you did not post a picture of this creature as I am snake phobic and can't stand to even look at a picture.

I made enough noise when I saw a little black one at Blizzard Beach one year and the boys disowned me.
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Re: Snake found near St Augustine Outlet

Postby MIstert on Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:02 pm

Looks like the story has taken a while to get round the world! It was reported in October 2009 & reports seem to vary between 7ft & 15ft - a bit like the fish that got away! Even at 7ft it was aproaching a world record (or so I read) for an Eastern Diamondback Rattler. Not something you would want to tread on in the night that's for certain!
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Re: Snake found near St Augustine Outlet

Postby violet on Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:56 pm

Ive seen the picture and its defo more than 7 foot.... and Im a woman so no exagerations here..... :shock:

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Re: Snake found near St Augustine Outlet

Postby kibbly on Fri May 14, 2010 7:54 pm

Just reading this thread and realised that my toes and clenched tightly - I'm not a snake fan!
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Re: Snake found near St Augustine Outlet

Postby arkvilla on Fri May 14, 2010 9:14 pm

violet wrote:Ive seen the picture and its defo more than 7 foot.... and Im a woman so no exagerations here..... :shock:

Violet


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