Despite working on a Florida wildlife refuge for about 1000 hours of
volunteer activity I've never seen a rattlesnake of any type in the
wild. Gators and moccasins galore but never a rattlesnake or coral snake
to be seen. I've been told that timber rattlers and copperheads are
very common around Woodstock, NY where I lived for 10 years but never
saw a one of those either. But things are changing. I've never had a
gator in my back yard before either. Now I have two. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/2/2015 2:12 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
You are absolutely correct, Chuck. They are indeed a more placid snake
than the Diamondback, but that is a relative thing. They are also far less
common than the Diamondbacks. Many years ago I worked in the zoo at
Charlestowne Landing in Charleston. They only kept animals native to SC,
including snakes. Over the two years I worked there, I had a number of
close calls with some of the animals but nothing that scared me so badly as
when the 7' Eastern Diamondback got away from me when I was cleaning his
enclosure. I never knew I could jump 4' straight up onto a display case.
Amazing what a bolus of adrenalin will do.
Charlie
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
I just learned something. I knew that "Canebrake" rattlers were in South
Carolina but, since I know that a Timber rattler is the same species and
prefer mountainous territory, I assumed they were all in the northern part
of South Carolina. As it turns out "Canebrake" and Timber rattlers, while
technically the same species, do live in different habitats and were
previously thought to be separate species. I was correct in assuming the
Timber rattler was only in the north but it turns out that Canebrake
rattlers live in all of the (roughly) 2/3 of the southern counties. One
more snake to watch for... but they're stated to have a gentle
disposition... assuming you don't step on them. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/2/2015 12:54 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
And not to forget the ever popular Canebrake Rattlesnake and the wee Coral
Snake.
Charlie
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm sure I will eventually find some moccasins, copperheads and maybe
even
some rattlesnakes here (we have pygmies and Eastern Diamondbacks).
That's
why I was checking out the rock pile.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/2/2015 11:38 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
<<SNIP>>
About the same as photographing rattlesnakes and Gila Monsters
out
here, though I can get a bit closer.
You could name him "Albert", after the character in the Pogo
comic
strip of decades ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_%28comic_strip%29
Chris
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