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Rattlers and Other Snakes: Book Author, Cecilia Venn (World Book's Animals of the World) by Cecilia Venn, 2000-08 Snake Games: Snake, Rattler Race, Nibbles, Spaceball, Snakes, Pizza Worm, Laser Snaker, Serpent Martin Rattler by R. M. Ballantyne, 2009-05-02 Rattlers and other snakes (World Book's animals of the world) by Cecilia Venn, 2002 The king snake and the rattlers: A parable for Americans by John Steinbeck, 1953 Diamondback Rattlers: America's Most Venomous Snakes! (Fangs) by Nancy White, 2009-01 The Gum-Chewing Rattler by Joe Hayes, 2008-05-01 The Rattler (Dare to Love Us) by Roger Rapoport, 1995-02 Rattlers & Snappers: Teachings, Tales, and Tidbits by R. V. Dunbar, 2001-09-01 Rattler Tales from Northcentral Pennsylvania (Pitt Series in Nature and Natural History) by C. E. Brennan, 1995-06 Rattler!: A Natural History of Rattlesnakes by Chris Mattison, 1996-08

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41. GORP - A Blistered Kind Of Love - A Rattler Blocks The Way
    reading about the hiker who d kill snakes with a slingshot, then cook them overa fire? That guy looks big n meaty. I bet barbecued rattler would be pretty  
    http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/mountaineers/blistered_love_pt3_4.htm
    
    Extractions: During our first two weeks on the trail I'd vigilantly scanned the ground for rattlesnakes, and during those two weeks I hadn't seen a single one. It was ironic, then, that I should hear my birthday "gift" before I saw him. The sharp and loud percussion came from my right as I rounded a curve in the trail. I skipped quickly to my left, darted forward, and spun to face the menace. I looked at him closely for a second: His fork-shaped bubblegum-pink tongue was flicking rapidly and contrasted severely with the tire-tread darkness of his coiled body. He was a Pacific rattlesnake and sat tucked back against a collection of boulders, hidden from view to those coming down the trail. Fortunately, his position was slightly off-trail, and I'd been able to move safely outside of his six-foot striking range. Angela, however, was rapidly approaching.

42. Snakes!
    snakes are a common part of life out here. I encourage bullsnakes to hang out aroundthe house, and I tolerate rattlers in the pasture but when rattler come up  
    http://www.bryankimsey.com/ranch/snakes.htm
    
    Extractions: Snakes!! Snakes are a common part of life out here. I encourage bullsnakes to hang out around the house, and I tolerate rattlers in the pasture but when rattler come up to the house, it's bye-bye. We have a "close call" nearly every year, with 2003 being the exception. 2003 was the first year we had older chickens and I wonder if that didn't contribute to a snake-free summer. We did have a bullsnake hanging out around the house, though, and one evening I came in and he was wrapped around the doorknob, trying to get up to a barn-swallow nest above the door. That kind of thing gets the ol' heart beating..... Here's a rattler that we killed at the metal shed where we feed the chickens. Brianna went down to feed them and came running up to the house seconds later "RATTLESNAKE!!!" I grabbed the .22 pistol that I keep loaded with snakeshot and went running. The snake was cornered right here, surrounded by chickens. "Pow!" went the pistol, "flop" went the snake! Gotta watch every step..... More snake stories: 1) the first year we were here, Georgia went out the clothesline in back and almost stepped on a small rattler coiled up at the base of a clump of grass. That taught her not to wear sandals in the yard.

43. One Day When Cinta And I Were Clearing Brush From Our Property On The Bruce Peni
    The snakes are said to migrate to higher ground where it is drier during the summer Ihave only seen one rattler at any of the climbing crags on the Bruce  
    http://www3.sympatico.ca/bob.bennell/rattler.htm
    
    Extractions: Rattler One day when Cinta and I were clearing brush from our property on the Bruce Peninsula, I heard a terrible scream. I ran over to Cinta. She had noticed a Massasauga Rattlesnake about a foot from her hand. It was full grown and about two feet long. Fortunately it didn’t strike but it also had not rattled a warning. Perhaps it was paralysed with fear from her shriek. I took a long stick and moved the stick close to the snake's face to see if it would strike but it just sat there looking quite bored with us. After a while it slithered away. I was surprised how well the snake had blended in and how hard it was to see. I was also surprised at its docile nature, neither bothering to rattle a warning or strike. Over the years, I have seen quite a few of these snakes on the Escarpment including young Massasauga Rattlers. Only once did I hear a faint rattle. The Western Rattlers on the other hand, rattle a sound that is unforgettable, a sound that seems to be coming from all directions at once. When I put a stick close to the young Massasauga rattler's face, they always attacks the stick, unlike the adults that always ignore it. I remember one young one, after wrestling with the stick, slithered over to a leaf and hid its head under the leaf. It was funny to see the eight-inch rattler with such a fearsome reputation hiding its head under a leaf with the rest of its body in the open. Theis snake is pretty easy to identify. Just look for a rattle on its tail. It has small rounded dark blobs on a gray or brownish body and a diamond shaped head. Check out the beedy eyes.

44. Variety-Home Venemous Snakes | Variety-home
    not mean that you didn t get bittten It is common not to feel any pain when bittenby the Mojave rattler. If you do get bitten by a venomous snake, the most  
    http://variety-home.itcstore.com/default.aspx?p=28949

45. Snakes
    snakes are as follows CopperheadI have found more of these in North Georgia Timberrattler-these fellows seem to prefer wooded areas hence Timber rattler.  
    http://home.earthlink.net/~koac/snakes.htm

46. Hernando County Master Gardeners
    Poisonous snakes found in central Florida are the Diamondback Rattlesnake, PygmyRattlesnake (Ground rattler), Cottonmouth Moccasin (Water Moccasin), and the  
    http://members.tripod.com/~gardeners/snakes.html
    
    Extractions: Summer is the most active time for snakes in Florida. They are found in wet and dry areas, in Spring Hill and Brooksville, as well as out in the woods. It is important to be able to recognize venomous snakes. Keep away from any snake if you are not sure. Even the bite of a non-venomous snake needs proper medical attention to avoid infection. With the exception of the Coral Snake , the venom of central Florida's poisonous snakes takes several hours to take full effect. According to the Florida Museum of Natural History's Guide to Florida's Venomous Snakes , "If you find a snake and you do not know whether or not it is poisonous, the safest thing to do is leave it alone. Florida snakes are not aggressive and, unless they are cornered, most will flee when humans approach. Occasionally, you might encounter one that is reluctant to leave because it is basking in the sun to get warm. Among snakebite victims, an unacceptably high number are bitten on the hands and arms when they are handling the snake. Do not catch a snake and do not handle one unless you are sure it is not poisonous. In addition, for a short time after a snake is killed, its reflexes may continue to work. Those reflexes typically cause the body to writhe slowly for awhile, but they can cause a convulsive contraction and a bite, so you should not handle a freshly killed venomous snake."

47. EXN.ca | Snakes
    country would likely kill a rattler and ask questions about its behaviour later.(I m reminded of the researcher in Louisiana who put rubber snakes and turtles  
    http://www.exn.ca/snakes/story.asp?id=2000081855

48. SNAKES OF THE UNITED STATES
    $72.50 Behavior, ecology, hatching and care of common US snakes, all photographedlive in their natural habitat pygmy rattler; eastern massassauga; timber  
    http://www.educationalimages.com/it100013.htm

49. POISONOUS SNAKES AND SNAKEBITES
    avoid stepping on a rattler. And remember that the leader of a file is not the onemost exposed to snakebite; the leader may disturb a hidden snake that will  
    http://geol.ucsb.edu/~geo104a/snakes.html
    
    Extractions: Return to Main Page Panamint Rattlesnake ( Crotalus mitchellii stephensi) VENOMOUS SNAKES AND SNAKEBITES VENOMOUS SNAKES IN THE USA - Venomous snakes bite about 8,000 people annually in the USA, but according to most estimates, only 12 to 15 of these bites are fatal. Much more commonly, such bites cause severe pain, necrosis, residual paresthesias, diminished function and, rarely, loss of a limb. In most cases, permanent damage after a snakebite is due not to the snake's venom but to overreactions in application of first aid. About 20 species of venomous snakes are in the USA. Most are rattlesnake s, cottonmouths (water moccasins), and copperheads; all except coral snakes , are called "pit vipers" because they have deep pits lined with heat receptors in the cheeks between the eyes and nostrils. These receptors are thought to detect the presence of prey and guide the direction of the strike. Pit vipers are widely distributed throughout the USA, but most bites occur in southern and southwestern states between the months of April and October. Rattlesnake bites are the most serious; copperhead envenomation usually does not cause major systemic injury, but cottonmouth venom poisoning is intermediate in severity. One type of Mojave green rattlesnake reportedly has a neurotoxic venom. About 20% of bites by pit vipers are "dry"; no venom is injected.

50. Diamond Back Rattlesnake
    In many instances, a young rattler deliver dry bites with no venom imparted.Many young snakes fall prey to predators such as roadrunners, Harris hawks  
    http://www.scenicdrive.org/cgrattler.htm
    
    Extractions: E-mail.Us Number to call if you are "bitten" Arizona has 17 species of rattlers; more than any other state. The Western Diamond Back and Mojave are probably the most common species found in Arizona where rattler specimens close to eight feet used to be encountered. Unfortunately, due to habitat destruction and slaughter, specimens five feet or more in length are now a rarity. Rattlesnakes are believed to be highly evolved from a moccasin-like ancestor. Ready to rattle Most rattlesnakes mate in April or May, and are born in late August through October. Rattlesnakes bear living young that develop from eggs within the female's body. The mother offers no care or protection and babies are capable of biting from the moment they are born. They are born with one segment of their rattles and grow one new section each time they shed their skin. The number of rattles cannot be used to determine a rattler's age. Can live 25 years Young rattlesnakes are not able to deliver as much venom as a mature snake. In many instances, a young rattler deliver "dry bites" with no venom imparted. Many young snakes fall prey to predators such as

51. Long Snakes
    He did not know what to do. Then the bear went over and took the snake by thetail. The hawk took his sharp claws and took the rattler by the head.  
    http://www.keyknox.com/pafolktales/long.htm
    
    Extractions: HOW SNAKES GOT SO LONG A Pennsylvania Tale by Danny Ferringer Once in the deep dark woods of Pennsylvania, a small and skinny timber rattler was wandering about the forest. A ferocious bear came along and said in a mean voice, " I need a new pair of snakeskin boots!" The timber rattler said, "OH, NO! I am going to be boots if I don’t get out of here!" Then a big CRACK came from the trees above. It was a sharp shinned hawk and he said in a screeching voice, "I’m going to eat you!" The timber rattler was confused. He did not know what to do. Then the bear went over and took the snake by the tail. The hawk took his sharp claws and took the rattler by the head. The ferocious bear said, "Let go of my new snakeskin boots." The sharp shinned hawk said in a screeching voice, "Let go of MY delicious food." Bear said, "NO!" The hawk said, "Fine, I won’t let go either." The two pulled and pulled the snake to see who would get it. When they were pulling the snake, it stretched and stretched and stretched until the snake was big and long. They stopped pulling for only one minute to catch their breath.

52. Rattlesnakes In The Chattooga Watershed
    In the spring when the snakes emerge from the den or in the fall when they onto oneof these areas it gives a false impression of the overall rattler densities  
    http://www.chattoogariver.org/Articles/2000SF/Rattlesnakes.htm
    
    Extractions: The Chattooga River area has one species of rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, the timber rattlesnake. Many researchers divide this one species into a number of subspecies or races. Two of these races occur in our area; the timber rattler, Crotalus horridus horridus, and the canebrake rattler, Crotalus horridus atricaudatus. The timber is an upland form found in drier, more rocky habitats, while the canebrake occurs in the lowlands and prefers wetter locations. Both races have the same pattern: dark chevron markings on a lighter background color. The canebrake most often has a gray or pinkish background color, a rust colored stripe down the middle of its back and a dark line from the eye to the angle of the jaw. The timber usually has a yellow or straw colored background, an unmarked head, and the mid-dorsal stripe is usually faint or absent. Timbers are sometimes solid black or very dark in color; this is called the black phase. When one has a bright yellow background color, it is called the yellow phase. The timber rattler is aptly named, for it has a definite preference for forested areas. Although credited with living in just about every habitat in the eastern United States, the most commonly listed habitat is oak lands. This should be expected since oak forests support the greatest quantity of animal life, especially mammals.

53. CottageLink Magazine - The Last Rattlesnake
    In Ontario, the Massasauga rattler, and a number of other snakes mistaken forthem, were protected under a regulation of the Game and Fish Act in 1990.  
    http://www.cottagelink.com/magazine/archive/v2n1_s04.html
    
    Extractions: slithering toward oblivion By GLENN GARNETT It was Indiana Jones who said it best in Raiders of the Lost Ark: "Snakes - why’d it have to be snakes!" Snakes don’t have a whole lot of friends at the top of the food chain. Fact is, of all phobias related to animals, the fear of snakes - ophidiphobia - is the hands-down run away winner. It’s this fear, in concert with land development and the degradation of natural habitat, which has driven the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake - the only venomous snake in eastern Canada - to the brink of extinction here. Once found throughout southern Ontario, the rattlers today are primarily situated in pockets near the western and eastern shores of Georgian Bay. The snake is also found in parts of 10 eastern U.S. states and is protected by law in eight of them. As recently as 1975, however, it was considered a nuisance in the state of Wisconsin and a $5 bounty was paid for the tail of a dead rattler. It no longer has a price on its head anywhere. In Ontario, the Massasauga Rattler, and a number of other snakes mistaken for them, were protected under a regulation of the Game and Fish Act in 1990. A year later, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada listed the Massasauga rattlesnake as threatened.

54. Ratter Research -- KayakGeorgianBay.com
    a rattler bite, the venom is poisonous and it s effects require prompt medical attention.Chris and his team members use extra caution when trapping snakes for  
    http://www.vianet.ca/~catchsun/articles/rattlersearch.html
    
    Extractions: by Adrienne Montgomerie In the 10 years (since 1988) he's been studying Canada's only pit viper, Chris Parent has lost count of the number of times he's trapped a rattler. Chris supervises the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake research team in Killbear Provincial Park , on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay. He and his team collect a variety of data in order to evaluate and track the health of the population. Massasauga rattlers exist in only four areas in Canada, all of them are around the Bay, two on it's very shores. The largest of these areas encompasses the entire eastern shore of the Bay. Most people are squeamish when it comes to reptiles. Add poisonous venom to the mixture and just about anyone will take a step back. While it's unlikely you'll die from a rattler bite, the venom is poisonous and it's effects require prompt medical attention . Chris and his team members use extra caution when trapping snakes for their research, for the snakes' protection and their own. Team members wear protective gloves and footwear, and never get closer to the snake than they would in hitting a golf ball. In fact some researchers have improvised "snake hooks" from old golf clubs. The equipment used for trapping and handling is by no means specialised. A long clear tube, dress-maker's tape measure, zip-lock bags, a couple of syringes, and a scale not unlike those used to weigh fish, make up the tool kit.

55. 3 Magnets RATTLESNAKE - Snake Snakes Rattler
    Shop and Compare 3 Magnets RATTLESNAKE snake snakes rattler - prices from salesall across the Web. 3 Magnets RATTLESNAKE - snake snakes rattler. Price $4.75.  
    http://www.birdbreeds.com/items/3658256953.html

56. Looking For Help Mounting Venomous Snakes?
    For these parcticular species of snakes better to let experience handle them firsttime around. The rattler you can easily do, but the eyelashes and the rhino  
    http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/ReptileArticles/01/014A63FF0A.html
    
    Extractions: Submitted by Sarah Gardiner on 12/26/01. sarah3148@aol.com This is my first time on this forum and this awesome,I have been wanting to learn how to mount a snake for a long time,I work for a exotic reptile importer so to speak and I have saved 5 different snakes that were dead when they arrived and instead of just wasting them I brought them home with me and put them in the freezer,I was just going to pay to get them done but I want to try it my self. These are the snakes that I have collected,could of had more but only got so much freezer,I have about a two foot horned viper,a small gaboon and a very big gaboon viper,a gold eyelash viper and a very big eastern diamound back.What I need to know is who is the best company to get a reference on what I need to start,and is it better to have the snakes skined or whole in the freezer and if I need to skin them what is the best method of skining the head because some of those vipers have some pretty scarry fangs,and is there away to keep the fangs for an open mouth mount?

57. Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park Tour Map Snakes
    Also known as the Canebrake rattlesnake the Timber rattler is unique in that itis the only snake found throughout most of the northeastern United States.  
    http://www.nccentral.com/wildlifepark/homosassatour/snakes.htm
    
    Extractions: in turn requires a different anti-venom. The venom of the pit viper is known as a hemotoxin, it attacks skin and muscle tissue and can cause extensive tissue damage. The venom of the Coral snake is known as a neurotoxin which attacks the central nervous system. The following is a list of the six "hot" snakes of of Florida along the Georgia border. Their bites are extremely painful however, there are no documented deaths from a Copperhead bite in Florida. Copperheads will often den with Timber Rattlesnakes. They prey on rodents, lizards and insects...especially cicadas. They are inoffensive snakes and are often trod upon.

58. Totally Pets TV
    of snakes or an inborn ability to recognize and avoid them, many hunting breedssuch as hounds or bird dogs will react to the sight of a coiled rattler with  
    http://www.totallypetstv.com/tales.cfm?article=1004

59. California Rattlesnakes
    Systematics of the western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis (Viperidae), with commentson the utility of the DLoop in phylogenetic studies of snakes. rattler!  
    http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/CArattlers.html
    
    Extractions: California Rattlesnakes Rattlesnakes are California's only venomous serpents, but they are also beautiful and fascinating reptiles. I'm not the type to pick them up — all my viewing is at a very safe distance. Perhaps because I am always at a distance (or at least try to be!...), I've had trouble identifying some of them in the southeastern deserts where several species may occur. According to traditional taxonomy (e.g., Stebbins 2003, Crother et al. 2001) there are just six species, all in the genus Crotalus But new taxonomic proposals, fueled by biochemical and mtDNA research, may change this system (see below). Rattlesnakes seemingly appear when you least expect them. Take the hikers on this high Sierran trail (right). The last thing they are worried about up here at nearly 7000' elevation is a rattler in the trail, but there was a small Western Rattlesnake curled up right next to the main route (red arrow; close-up below). Over the years I've almost stepped on a half-dozen Western Rattlesnakes while hiking in Monterey County or in the Sierra; it always gives one an exceedingly strong jolt of adrenaline!

60. Viper's
    The eastern diamonback rattler is the largest venomous snake in North America, reaching8ft or more.It inhabits pine flatwoods and saw palmetto thickets, it is  
    http://www.burmese.freeuk.com/Snakes/viper.htm
    
    Extractions: Elapids Page FAMILY: VIPERIDAE The vipers represent the pinnacle of venomous snake evolution. Even those people who who have a fear regarding these wonderful creatures must admire the efficiency of their design, which depends upon a long pair of hinged fangs which lay flat against the roof of the mouth when not needed, but can flip forward and lock into place so fast when the jaws swing open. There are three subfamilies; one the Azemiopinae, has but a single member, Fea's viper ( Azemiops feae ) of southern China and neighbouring regions. The Old World vipers of the Viperinae are considered somewhat more primitive than the Crotalinae , or pit vipers, which possess thermoreceptive pits between the eye and the nostril that helps them to locate prey. SUBFAMILY: VIPERINAE The Viperinae are restricted to the Old world, and include some of the planets most deadly snakes, including the saw-scaled viper and the puff adder. Although Shakespeare credits Cleopatra's suicide to an asp (perhaps the desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes ), modern thinking is that it was a cobra, revered in Egypt and providing a relatively easy death, would be a more logical choice than the violently painful venom of a viper.

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