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Timber rattlesnakes

Cordova117

Cordova117

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heres 2 Timbers in the Trailside museum at Blue hills. These 2 fellas were at an exhibit inside but Ive been told by the staff that there have been more sightings of them in the past few years at blue hills. I cant wait for the spring and try my luck finding these elusive snakes!
 

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Who here has seen a timber rattler in its natural habitat?
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I did, MANY years ago as a kid on an outing with the Maryland Herpetological Society with Herb Harris in western Maryland somewhere. Piece of tin was laying in the middle of an open area and all the more experienced herpers just walked right on past it. Me, being a dumb kid and not knowing any better, flipped it over, and there was a timber laying underneath. I called out "rattler!" and everyone came a running. :D
 
wow those photos are great Heavenhell!! it pretty interesting that they have decent range, especially for being endagered:) hopefully one day they will be off the endangered list
 
I haven't seen one in the wild since I was a child. We used to mini vacation down in the Ozarks pretty regularly back then. Encountered all sorts of fun slithery wildlife. Can't say I've ever seen one up around KC though, but it's not like I've ever gone snooping through suburbia looking for them.
 
We see them here, but not as often as we used to. Ours are usually dull yellowish to black. Here is a pic of the last one I came across.
 

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I'm not real fond of these...in fact I would prefer never to see another one again. I got on the business end of an Eastern Diamond back when I was about 5 a million years ago. I did have a cute pygmy crawl right in front of my foot and never gave me a glance. He seemed to be on a mission. I also had a moccasin speed across the top of my feet. My dog was chasing it. By the time I screamed, it was in the pond.
Rattlesnakes never look happy to me. They always seem to be very serious.
 
Each snake has its own personality, but this one was actually pretty calm. I couldn't get it to rattle or coil up for pics. All it wanted to do was go on its merry way.
 
I nearly stepped on one running bare foot through the yard when I was 7 years old. I was just about to lower my foot when the snake struck out mouth wide open. I don't think I've ever jerked my leg up so high before. I jumped as far as I could and ran all the way to the other side of the yard and back up around to go inside the house. As I didn't know how long the snake was lol!

I've seen a lot of copperheads since but never another timber. I would really love to find one and get some pictures.
 
They are rare here in some areas, too many folks want to drive the roads and "want to make the world safer" by killing anything that slithers across it. It is sad that so many educated adults can't see past the whole Garden of Eden thing.
 
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