Huge Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Get a gander at this huge eastern diamondback rattlesnake.  Reportedly the largest ever recorded.

Huge Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
HUGE!
Huge Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Another view of this beast
Huge Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Wow.

It’s hard to tell from the photos if they killed this sucker. It would be a shame to kill such a magnificent creature. Although, I usually follow the philosophy that the only good snake is a dead snake — you know — the kind you see in jars of formaldehyde.

I’d like to to see the rattle on this one. Anyone have additional photos?

Comments

6 responses to “Huge Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake”

  1. Ryan

    On newsjacksonville.com the snake was 7 foot 3 inches long.

  2. Travis Tikka

    Where is a picture of the rattle?

  3. Tony Morrow

    A snake that big could definitely ruin your day !

  4. Rich

    They killed it…
    “Brandon Booth, the A-1 Trapper Man, told Action News he’s seen snakes like that before.
    Booth killed the snake and gave it to a local man, who will use its skin to make sheaths for knives.”
    http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/flagler_news/100109_huge_rattlesnake

  5. Wonder how fast they are when they get that big?

  6. It’s not actually as big as it was reported. They’re forcing the perspective of the actual snake by having someone a few feet behind it making it look huge when it’s probably really only 5 or 6 feet. They do this with anything scary…