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I killed one 4 feet in Texas. It sure looked bigger when I saw it in front of me  Shot in the head, it left puddles of venom in the truck bed. Read of a couple yahoos who caught a 6 footer in cool/cold temperatures, and took it alive into their truck, thinking it would be a neat catch they could sell for big bucks. After it warmed up inside the heated truck cab, it was many times less sluggish, and much stronger. The two men could not control it, and both were bitten. One nearly lost an arm, IIRC.
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
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Does anyone here remember back in the 70s or 80s in a SPORTS AFIELD Mag article, a Black and White photo that shows MANY men holding a LARGE Eastern Diamondback at shoulder/head level straight across head to tail, and a sign on a poster that says 11 feet 4 inches or something like that?
If an unaltered photo, that snake surely was a record. It was reportedly found in an old house IIRC, but nothing could be found to substantiate the authenticity. This was long before 'photo shop' etc.
Anyone see that pic? Looked very legit to me.
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[bleep] that.. I hate snakes! Me too and he had to post a pic. I will not be moving there. Ever!
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This look to be a legit photo, or can markings be confused with any kind of constrictor? Claimed to be new world record. ![[Linked Image]](http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t246/kellyridge/snake.jpg) What everybody above said about the close photo, and Rattlers aren't constrictors, they're vipers.
Too many people buy stuff they don't want, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like!
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Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist
Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash"
This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21
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Good Lord-----I'm not opening this thread again.
Happy Birthday Oldman!
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The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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You're mean. 
We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth?
Immersing oneself in progressive lieberalism is no different than bathing in the sewage of Hell.
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Yeah I about jumped out my chair,....... at the end, LOL.
Had to watch the snake eat the hippo too, or regurgitate it, which ever way the tapir bounces
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10 feet is about as big as I know of them getting. Biggest one I have personally seen was as a youngster. It was touching both opposite corners (caddycorner) of a long bed pick-up. This was way back before the little one's (midget wanna be pick-ups) arrived from overseas, I do seem to recall it was a stepside.
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There is no accounting for taste.
Experience is a great thing as long as one survives it.
Generally, there ain't a lot that separates the two however,
Barely making it is a whole lot more satisfying than barely not making it.
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I have seen some 5 footers in El Paso, TX and they look
alot bigger until you measure them.
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Can't believe I opened this..AGAIN!! And then freaking scrolled back up to that cart of snakes-----DAYUM!
Don't even like pics of 'em--
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Photo has been around for a while. Story is usually missing ![[Linked Image]](https://www.blm.gov/ca/news/newsbytes/2002/images_2002/images66/rattleculvert.jpg) Rattlesnakes stay cool in a culvert. Photo taken near wetlands in the area of Jelly's Ferry, along the Sacramento River, by a BLM California crew reportedly including Gary Mullett, Kelly Tyler and Joe Williams. - BLM California photo http://www.blm.gov/ca/news/newsbytes/temp_issues/66_extra_rattlers.html
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WTH?----Is that just some pipe with a bunch of killer rattlers lying low in the wild and waiting to eat something or somebody?
Man if I see by that I become the Roadrunner on steroids...
Not opening this again---swear.
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A WILLIE PETER grenade would fix em. I could "bloop" em from a hundred yards!
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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OK...heres a real photo...long time ago in Ga. My best pard with a diamindback that wqent 7'3" and was 19 inches around.. Pard was 6'1" for comparison... ![[Linked Image]](http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss45/thmsbrownlee/w.jpg) Ingwe
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Damn that's a big one Ingwe...
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Yep, I took that pic and skinned him myself..he had three rabbits in him, and you couldnt tell from the outside...  Think about a 19" girth...Im a big dude and my neck is only 18"... Ingwe
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is that a rabbit, or yer adam's apple?.....
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