[TN-Bird] Fwd: RE: FW: Local Rattlesnakes

  • From: "Van Harris" <shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mzsdocents <mzsdocents@xxxxxxxxx>, tn-birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:42:16 -0700



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From: Steve Reichling <sreichling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxx'" <shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, John F Holloway <jfhollow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Chris Baker <cbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, mzsdocents <mzsdocents@xxxxxxxxx>, dick <dickpreston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, tn-birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: FW: Local Rattlesnakes
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:31:24 -0500

Van,

 

This is another of the endless line of internet exaggerations and truth-bending.  It is a real picture of an eastern diamondback rattlesnake that, as you said, a moron has killed.  But, it was killed in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, or South Carolina where these are native, not Woodbury Tennessee – that is the lie that was added to get people worked up.  Second, the snake is a big one but not anywhere near as big as the picture suggests.  They way its being held out far in front of the man exaggerates the size – I doubt it’s bigger than 6 feet long – that’s the second lie someone inserted to work people up.  This pattern is repeated over and over and over – the real photo of a big python, except it was found in Tanzania, not Bartlett, or the real photo of the saltwater crocodile, except it was killed in Australia, not Ft. Lauderdale…

 

Steve.

 

From: Van Harris [mailto:shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 2:23 PM
To: John F Holloway
Cc: Chris Baker; Steve Reichling; mzsdocents; dick; tn-birds
Subject: Re: FW: Local Rattlesnakes

 

Please note the comments of the person who first did this post.  He says that he PROVOKED! the snake to strike before it rattled.  For millions of years, rattlesnakes rattled to warn creatures that might harm them, such as coyotes, foxes and other predators and large grazing herbivores such as bison that inadvertently step on them, to keep their distance or suffer a possibly fatal bite.  Recently, rattlesnakes have begun to evolve in the OTHER direction.  Due to persecution by such as the original writer of this post, rattlesnakes that give fair warning of their presence are killed, thus effectively removing them from the gene pool.  Those that remain, the ones who DO NOT rattle, pass their genes to their offspring.  These are the ones who survive and pass the "no rattle" gene to their offspring.  This is Natural Selection in action, in a remarkably short period of time.

 

I find it appaling that 57 rattlesnakes have been killed by this moron in one year.  If you chase rattlesnakes, sooner or later you will be bitten with predictable consequences. 

 

The comments about the boots are also interesting.  Most snake bites come, not on the foot, but on the hand.  Any idea why?  And when blood is drawn from most snake bite victims, it is found that their blood alcohol level exceeds the legal limit. 

 

It is gratifying, though, that there are still very large rattlesnakes such as this in Tennessee, despite the efforts of such cretins as the guy in the photos.

 

Van Harris

Millington, TN

 

 

 


--- jfhollow@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

From: "John F Holloway" <jfhollow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "John F Holloway" <jfhollow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: FW: Local Rattlesnakes
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:21:20 -0500

Watch out for snakes.
 
John F. Holloway
806 Meadow Drive
Wylie, Texas  75098
 
(972) 475-8751 Home
(972) 345-7927  Cell
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  Local Rattlesnakes

To all my friends who go out on the land..........

Egads, it's head is bigger than a man's hand.  I got this warning from a rancher friend who lives near Woodbury.  Heed this advice!! 

Description:

Ya'll need to forget about those itty, bitty snake-proof boots and

find yourself a full snake-proof SUIT.., AND HAT!!!

My fellow friends and family,

We have killed 57 rattlesnakes on two separate ranches this year.

24 @Locke Creek & 33 @ Halls Hill, since mid-May. Not one has buzzed!

We provoked one fair sized boy with a stick and he coiled & struck at

the stick a couple of times before he buzzed up and rattled. The purpose

of this explanation is that I have been hearing the same from fellow ranchers

and hunters in regards to the lack of warning with rattlesnakes.

I had lunch with a friend today and he offered a theory about the fact that

these buggers aren't rattling anymore He raised pigs for years and reported

that when he would hear a rattlesnake buzzing in the sow pen, the sows

would bee line to it and fight over the snake. For the uninformed, pigs love

to eat rattlesnakes.. Therefore, the theory is they are ceasing to rattle to

avoid detection, since there are plenty of pigs roaming the countryside.


 

I have a neighbor ranching lady who was bitten 3 weeks ago 2 times by

the same snake without any warning....she spent 5 days in ICU, after

22 vials of anti-venom she is back at the ranch and still may lose her

foot or worse yet her lower leg.

The days of perceived warning are over. Keep your boots on and use

a light when out and about. As you all know, one can pop up just about anywhere!

You may wish to forward this to anyone that would be interested .

The ranch where this big rattler was killed is outside the city of Woodbury

which is located in (Middle Tennessee) near Readyville .

Seems there's been a boom in the snake population there.


 

Oh!  For reference, the guy stands 6'-2".








 

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