Big Snake

[Wingfoot]

THIS ISN'T A PYTHON!

This behemoth was found just south of Jacksonville, near the St. Augustine outlet, in a new KB homes subdivision.

It is a 15 foot long Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake; the largest ever caught on record.

Here are some interesting facts about a snake this large:

One bite from a snake this large contains enough venom to kill over 40 full grown men.

The head alone is larger than the hand of a normal sized man.

This snake was probably alive when George H. W. Bush was President.

A bite from those fangs would equal being penetrated by two 1/4 inch screwdrivers.

A snake this size could easily swallow a 2 year-old child.

A snake this size has an approximately 5 and 1/2 foot accurate striking distance. (The distance for an average size Rattlesnake is about 2 feet.)

Judging by the size of the snake, it is estimated to weigh over 170 pounds. How much do you weigh?

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[FiosKing]

one of the main reasons i wont work in fl, damn that thing is huge

[2RUDE]

170 lbs.? Christ, I'd like to see how many guys are on the other end of that stick holding that big bastard up in the air....

[yahoo]

if I was to show this to any one in my group....they would probably get out of this business all together.....I thought it for a minute..ha!

[headcipher]

I smell hoax. Looks like classic trophy hunting photo technique. Whatever happened to the sun spider/camel spider iraq photo?

[BabyGirl]

WTF was I thinking when I decided to look at the pics??
I guess I wasn't thinking... I have the biggest snake phobia in the world!!
Got me super paranoid about doing my locates in the bushy areas now.

[Paint'n & Flag'n]

a little google and you'll find that the snake was only 7' 3". Still only good snake is a dead one.

[Eddie55]

The snakes are famous due to their extreme length and i was wonder to watch the snap of a 7' 3" snake which have discussed also in your post and it was really a very big snake which i never saw in my whole period of life.

[ctdon1952]

I saw one that was laid out on a truck by the logging company down here in GA that reach from the front right wheel to the left front wheel across the hood for a F350 pickup. Needless to say I did not go into the woods to take a leak. There are some might big ones down here.

[GPGrasshopper]

It's just a little snake. It's really a beautiful and misunderstood creature. Steve Irwin would be ashamed of all the haters. Crikey!

[nopaint4you]

I was wonderin where bob went i used to keep him my private CEV. Now i gotta keep kickin the ATT guys out when i take my lunch break.

[Bassplyrguy]

I did some research on this story and this is what I came up with.

St. Augustine Find - Huge Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

[TMINTH]

Screw you guys, I'm going home.