well i found this picture on the cryptozoology.com board and thought i'd post it....

i have no idea how big these snakes get, but it looks big to me...

any snake experts around?...



by the way if any mods are reading, can you change the title so rattlesnake is spelt correctly

I'm no expert but I would say diamond back, the shape of the head and the pathern on the back seems resonably similar. He's abit more brownish than normal, a bit bigger too.

here's a link that might help here

Looks photoshopped.The pic is too blurry,the head is too small,tail and rattle is disfigured,Actually there is no rattle. Well,I have just come to the conclusion that it is a boa.Or a small boa photoshopped.Looks like he is holding it close to the camera so it LOOKS bigger,but it is actually small.It might even be a snake from another picture,and photoshopped so it is on the one you posted.

Well, some rattlesnakes do get longer than that, but this one is incredibly fat. It's probably just a snake that's kept around the house. If it's a pet, it can easily get overweight. BTW canadian I don;t think that it's a boa. boas have very distinct markings and body types. this snake is very round, and boas have a more boxy shape to them. This is most likely just a captive (house or ranch) animal that has been a pet and just got overweight

It looks out of place.Too blurry to be real.Maybe it isn't a boa.If it is a rattler,than it has been photoshopped to look bigger,and that guy is holding the snake close to he lens,so it looks bigger than it actually is.

BTW,it doesn't have a rattle

okay here's what I mean. Here is a pic of a regular Savannah Monitor (I have one of these BTW ), most are this size or slightly larger
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Now here is an exceptionally large savannah monitor. It was power-fed, which means that it was fed a lot every other day. This caused the lizard to grow beyond normal length, and it also caused it to become overweight. this is a common occurance among reptiles, though most of the time they just become overweight instead of growing excessively

hey look at that thing

its kinda cute

^ the savannah monitor? Yeah, they are cute
Here are some pics of mine

well i didn't mean the ugly guy in the photo

That's not so big

Seriously though, that thing looks like a small anaconda!

I've said this several times, but I can;t help but brag a little. I have a pet anaconda, and that thing doesn;t really look like one. Here are some pics of mine, which is a very young one BTW. Compare for yourself

Nice reptiles dude

any excuse to show off his snake

Who me?...

yeah you, i must of seen your snake a million times

its a nice snake though....

As a registered Texan, I can truthfully say that the original picture is that of a baby Texas Diamondback rattler! You oughta see it's Daddy and Momma! Seriously, I have seen them that big. We killed one a couple of years ago around that size, when we opened it up, we found a full grown Jack-Rabbit (for you Brits, think about a very large hare) inside it's stomach (which is probably why we had little trouble killing it)! Before you reptile lovers get your shorts in a bunch, these things (especially that size) are a danger to our Cats, Dogs, and livestock, not to mention or kiddos or us!

You killed it?
You should have took it somewhere else away from your house so you could keep it alive...

Sorry, unwritten law of the west, suffer not rattlers or hydopoby skunks to live!

Seriously though if that picture is real (the original one) wouldn't that bloke have to hold the damn thing up with two arms instead of one? I mean that thing looks heavy!

Hi All... I am not an expert, but I vollenteer at the local Fish and Wildlife station here in my county, and we have alot of Rattle-snakes. The longest Rattler that we have seen was over 8 feet long... This looks to be a Western Diamond-back, but more than likely is a "home-fed" snake. It is awfully fat. But I would definetly say that this photo is real... I will try to get ahold of some other pics of snakes that we have on file.

Note, tho, that average length for a mature rattler is not this big... 4-5'... But there are always the extreams of everything... Especially since this snake looks to be a home fed one... Snakes, when properly cared for in captivity, can reach outragous lenghts..

Hope this helps!

Wow, I didn't realize that the Texas Diamond-back looked so much like the western diamod back! That is awsome, and I stand corrected...

Whoa thar podner, I never said that snake belonged to the group called "Texas Diamondback Rattler". I was merely denoting that it was from the area of Texas. Guess what species of Rattler we have in Texas! First three guess don't count. Incidentally to my knowledge there is no such species as a Texas Diamondback. We do also have Woodsland and Pararie (never could spell that) rattlers along with sidewinders! Do you know that everything is bigger in Texas. BTW the one we killed measured 6.75 feet., but I have seen them much longer.

thank you to the moderator who changed the topic title

looks much better spelt correctly....

maybe its dead, or unconcious....

Many of the cryptozoologysts at Cryptozoology.com have suggested farced perspective

well that is an easy way to make something look bigger than it actually is, many supposed crypto photos do this...

As a registered Texan, I can truthfully say that the original picture is that of a baby Texas Diamondback rattler! You oughta see it's Daddy and Momma! Seriously, I have seen them that big. We killed one a couple of years ago around that size, when we opened it up, we found a full grown Jack-Rabbit (for you Brits, think about a very large hare) inside it's stomach (which is probably why we had little trouble killing it)! Before you reptile lovers get your shorts in a bunch, these things (especially that size) are a danger to our Cats, Dogs, and livestock, not to mention or kiddos or us!


knowing a hole lot of snake info i know that is no baby the d backs max out around 6ft they can get bigger but that is no baby

Look at this snake.
http://www.rattlesnakefestival.com/

As I said, everything is bigger in Texas! Incidentally, the original "Rattlesnake Roundup" was in Sweetwater Texas and has become an annual event and one that draws folks almost worldwide. Living near Sweetwater (historical trivia - the town where Bat Masterson, the famous sheriff shot and killed his first man), I usually make it there and have seen snakes as large as the first photo and maybe the second one too. If you are every around Sweetwater in March, try to make a point of coming by....incidentally they serve fried rattlesnake (tastes like chicken, I'm told)!

I agree it's a real rattler, but I think the fella's holding a pole closer to camera. Forced perspective, as other people have already said.

But they do get really big. My father shot one swimming in pond (yes, they can and do swim sometimes) near his house that was nearly 6ft long.

I've also been to Rattlesnake roundups in Claxton, Ga., which is near where I grew up. (welcome to the DEEP South) The snakes in the pens get SO loud, it's amazing. And rattlesnake's not too bad deep fried. I'm horrifed by this now, though. I've turned into a tree-hugging, Sierra Club member, so regret that they still continue to do this.

well i've never seen a rattlesnake, so i have no idea as to how big they get...

i think its a genuine photo though, without any alterations...

Definitely a diamondback. And the pole is held closer to the camera since the pole looks very short, when it's probably long so the snake doesn't bite him. I think it was accidental though.

It's not unconcious since it's body isn't limp. And if you look there IS a rattle. It's just sideways to the camera so you can't see it very well.

And since we're all showing off pictures of our reptiles... :wab:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v509/Syaoran...=Picture006.jpg

There's my miami phase/Okeetee corn snakes! Kahlua is the one going up and Gunther is the one going down. Yee hee!!!

here is few pics of my snakes the first is a vansing poing hypo houndron milk wasnt cheap got him from Shannon Brown

sorry

just a red tail

the snake in my av. is my freinds mojva ball python and i also have a normal ball python and a few corns 1 albino 2 normals and 1 crimson

wow...nice pets guys

Yes nice pet snakes. I'm too afraid of them to have one as a pet. I'm a wimp. Just stay with a dog.

O.o That is not fake, it is a rattler. In my opinion anywho. I don't see anything weird or abnormal 'bout it...I have seen Diamond backs larger than this before, and it is definiatly NOT a boa or anyother constritior. The mid-section is to wide, just looks like has been fed to much. Also, it does have a rattler, very small though, I'd say about four or five links at the bottom. It is a viper of some sort I will give it that. Not fake, not hoaxed.

The farced perspective was probably an accident.

I agree - it's real. I've seen 6 foot+ Rattle snakes in Southern and Central Oregon. Heck when I was a kid anyone who worked outside carried a gun to fend them off - I assume in some of the more remote parts of Oregon that still happens. My grandfather got quite a lot of buisness repairing and replacing tires that had been punctured by rattle snake fangs.

We also had a skin from one mounted on the wall. It was about 6 feet long too. (I remeber it use to give me nightmares.)

well i have no idea how big the snake in the photo is, it could be over 6ft i guess..

These Gardner snakes are common in Canada.Especially in BC where i live.I have caught many of these snakes.Kept them as pets for a week or so,then released them. Here is a pic of one...

The second is not a snake,but it is of my Leopard Bahama Anole lizard ...

How many pictures do you have on your computer! You have to have at least 500-1000!