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[Goldengate8361]

I wish I hadn't looked! I know; I was warned, but I just couldn't help it. As much as I dislike snakes, I feel sort of sorry for them....getting shot for no reason really. 

[ValuSkr]

That's quite a picture!  Reminds me of all the snake-print clothes Q sells.

[tedEbear]

I'm with you on the deer forum!!    Just be sure to put any SPIDER Spoilers in REALLY BIG LETTERS.

[Lucky Charm]

Ugh!  

Spiders need the *************Spoiler Alert************fer sure!!

And I'm not even going to re-visit this thread because I JUST KNOW someone will post a pic of a spider to give me nightmares tonite!!!

[MaggieMack]

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@tedEbear wrote:

I'm with you on the deer forum!!    Just be sure to put any SPIDER Spoilers in REALLY BIG LETTERS.

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Yeah! Spiders. Scare me a lot more than snakes do!

[Kachina624]

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@sidsmom wrote:

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@willdob3 wrote:

Wow, that would make anyone's heart skip a beat!

Wonder how they managed to kill them all w/o anyone getting bit?

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In March, the rattlesnakes are still in hibernation.

How do I know this tidbit?

Yes, in 1985 this gal went to the Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, TX! Whoop 

The handlers do all sorts of 'tricks' w/ snakes...like placing them in sleeping bags while a handler is in there, coiling a rattlesnake in their hand, etc.  Gave me the heebie-jeebies, but they assured the crowd all the handlers were safe.

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That pic reminds me...on the farm where I grew up, we had an old dog house.  We began seeing lots of old, fat bullsnakes (non-poisonous, but scared the cr*p out of ya!).  Dad tore down the dog house...it looked like something out of that 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' scene.  Those snakes were living the life.  Eeps! 

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@sidsmom  Rattlesnakes don't read the calendar.  Their comings and goings depend on the weather.  It has been unseasonably warm in the SW the past month so they could well be out of hibernation.   They've already issued warnings about them to hikers here in the Albuquerque area, which is a lot cooler than Texas.

Just think of all the disease-carrying vermin like mice, rats, prairie dogs, ground squirrels, etc., that will now proliferate because their natural predators are gone.