OMG, I would DIE if I found a snake like that!!! I wonder if they kept him. He's so beautiful- out in the wild, some redneck could and would kill him in a second. What a beauty! The biggest snake I've seen was an Eastern Diamondback, maybe about six feet long. I was mountain biking in an open field of tall grass with raspberry bushes. (Rabbit territory!!) He looked like a freight train crossing the singletrack- it was so exciting!! I saw the same snake maybe three times, always in the same place. (After the first time- we really watched out for him!)
Oh, and thanks to you, I just bought Venomous Snakes Of The Southeast, which I came across while trying to find the EDB record length. Since my Florida Snakes book is missing.
Nanci