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Old 01-30-2017, 01:28 PM   #7
Twolunger
I'll tell you something about Eastern Diamondbacks here. One 5 footer was run over crossing the street by my house. It was fat and healthy looking right up to the point that a car ran it over. The funny thing was that its rattles were so small that they made no sound when you shook them. The tail was long and pointed, but I thought it was still possible that it had suffered some damage at some point. About a month later my brother-in-law called and said he killed a rattlesnake in Lehigh Acres. I told him it may have been just a hognose snake, because he said it had no rattles, and he didn't need to kill it. But it had bitten his large dog, and he showed the snake to the Vet so they could provide the proper anti-venom. It was identified as an Eastern Diamondback for sure. He sent me a picture of it and it was 6 feet long. Unfortunately the dog died despite having anti-venom shots for two days. Now I'm extremely careful herping in the scrub brush