Florida Rattlesnake Record

However there are just 6 venomous snakes in florida.

Florida rattlesnake record. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake species and is one of the heaviest known species of venomous snake with one specimen shot in 1946 measuring 2 4 m 7 8 ft in length and weighing 15 4 kg 34 lb. However the authenticity of this image is suspect for rattlesnakes are not known to grow to such proportions. However other venomous snakes may rival this species in weight. A forwarded email with photos of a captured snake saying that a gigantic eastern diamondback rattlesnake measuring 15 feet in length was caught in st.

Augustine called brandon booth who owns a 1 trapper man on sunday to come get the snake from near the entrance to the. It was an eastern diamondback rattlesnake that measured 7 feet 3 inches in length. Eastern diamondback rattlesnake caught yesterday at the st. Allegedly measuring 9 feet 1 inch in length and weighing 97 pounds this is one mammoth rattlesnake.

According to the university of florida the record size for that type of snake is 8 feet so this was definitely. A much exaggerated snake tale. However the eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest known species and it grows up to 8 feet in length. More 15 ft.

The eastern diamondback rattler has the most lethal bite. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake the timber rattlesnake the dusky pygmy rattlesnake the coral snake the cottonmouth and the copperhead. However many internet sources exaggerated the. The largest reported eastern diamondback captured was in st.

In 2009 the florida times union reported on this very incident. Other versions of this erumor with the same photos allege that this is the deadly western diamondbacked rattlesnake and was caught near meza arizona. These snakes are highly venomous and pose a genuine danger to humans. Circulating via forwarded email since 2005 there is a viral image of what appears to be a giant rattlesnake killed in texas.

Augustine resident but as the times union reported. This is a 15 foot western diamondback rattlesnake the largest ever caught on record one bite from a snake of this size would contain enough venom to kill over 40 full grown men notice the girth of this snake as compared to the cop s leg in the first picture and he is not a small man at least it wasn t found in a wal. Indeed the rattler was found by a st. Augustine outlet biggest ever caught on record.

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