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glockman55 Super Member
Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 831 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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This was sent to me...
THEY GROW EM BIG IN MICHIGAN!!!
This snake was found at the old Turkey Creek Coal plant located just south of St. Charles on highwat M-52 north of Chesaning, Michigan..
It don't look like a Michigan rattler to me, but it is an eastern rattler. I've seen 6 footers in Florida, but this snake is 9'1" and 97 lbs.
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yotebuster Member
Joined: Oct 16, 2005 Posts: 216 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:08 am Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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That's an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. If it was found in Michigan, it is way, way, way out of it's range. ????? I don't think it could survive the winters up there. Just my humble opinion.
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Morax Super Member
Joined: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 618 Location: Pittsburgh Pa
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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thats been going around on the net for a while now, last i heard it was in texas... largest recorded one was 8 foot. mostly found in the south eastern part of the US... but yes they will get fat like that but thats no 90 pouinder
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:04 am Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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yotebuster Member
Joined: Oct 16, 2005 Posts: 216 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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Vince, I've found that any critter that will allow you to touch them, usually has a very compelling reason to let you show your stupidity. That includes animals on land as well as in the ocean. I'm a diver and I've learned, sometimes the hard way (painful), that they can either sting, bite, invenomate, or in some way or another make you wish you had not done that. I've seen many rookies try and touch, pick up, or just get too close to something and pay a painful price.
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glockman55 Super Member
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11429 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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Almost looks like a Western Diamondback. I've seen them up to 6 foot and they have that tawny brown color with that diamond pattern...
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glockman55 Super Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:49 am Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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On snoops.com it said it was from Texas...Who knows,
Deep Fried Rattle Snake
1 medium sized rattle snake ( 3-4 lb.) cut into stakes
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup corn meal
1/4 cup cracker crumbs
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
Mix dry ingredients, whisk milk into beaten egg and use to dip snake steaks. Then coat them with dry ingredients. Fry uncovered in 400 degree oil until brown.
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SwampFox Super Member
Joined: Jul 15, 2005 Posts: 1040 Location: Destin, Florida
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:32 am Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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What a Big dummy killing that snake.... That was a lot of money down the drain. Folks around here pay large bucks for eastern diamondbacks over 7 ft long and will come get them, money in hand. The pictured snake, bigger, is an eastern diamondback, not the smaller western. The eastern is the largest poisonous snake in NA and is golden brown in appearance compared to grey-brown western. Does not make a difference where it was killed, it is still an eastern diamondback.
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sniper Super Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant |
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No doubt about it, that is a respectable sized snake, but I have seen the photo several times on the 'net.
Somebody took the photo with a wide angle lens, which changed the prespective to make the snake look larger in relation to the man holding it, who is extending the snake toward the camera. We have all seen pixes of fish done that way.
One giveaway....the huge depth of field. The snake, and man are sharp, and so are the buildings 'way back there...just beginning to show a little softness.
A 90 lb. snake would severely bend or break the Pillstrom tongs the guy is using. They are good, but not that strong! And! How many of us could hold a 100 lb. sack of feed on a 4 foot (maximun length) broom stick in that position without showing just a bit of strain on the arms and hands ?
I'd say that picture is "enhanced", and about the same as the "alligator" photo supposedly taken in New Orleans after Katrina. It was a croc, and taken in Mozambique, or Botswana, or someplace where they grow really big!
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