Upcoming venomous

I was browsing the classifieds on one of the venomous groups I'm in and I saw these rattlesnakes and I instantly fell in love. This was hard to say being I'm not a rattlesnake person, but man I ended up getting them. They come in Wednesday so I can't wait.

Here are some photos, first two are the babies, last is one of the parents.:

http://i.imgur.com/7upsuIO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MwHKPFe.jpg

Now one of the parents:

http://i.imgur.com/fUopxOw.jpg

Those are beautiful and would definitely be nice additions.

Wow you really did it. Crazy man.


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WOW. What kind of rattlesnakes are those?

Flipping beautiful animals. I think the rattling would drive me insane though.

aww, those babies are so cute ^_^

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Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan

Flipping beautiful animals. I think the rattling would drive me insane though.

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Or dead. ;)

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Originally Posted by rock

Or dead. ;)

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LOL. Not me. I've been know to eat rattlesnakes that give me grief.

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LOL. Not me. I've been know to eat rattlesnakes that give me grief.

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I hear you. These are just so pretty, though. Might have to take a strike for the team!

Yep, I really did it, definitely more than I ever thought I would pay. They're gorgeous, by far one of the prettiest snakes I've seen.

They're Crotalus tortugensis from a tiny island in the golf of California, Mexico. I'll be the only person in the US with them aside from the guy who bred them.

I'm hoping they don't rattle too much other than if I'm right there by the cage.

I've only heard a rattler rattle once (I'm not from the US), but my word, that is a sound to just send shivers straight into your heart. Scarier than hearing a lion growl

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Originally Posted by Dumdum333

I've only heard a rattler rattle once (I'm not from the US), but my word, that is a sound to just send shivers straight into your heart. Scarier than hearing a lion growl

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You ever heard a puff adder do it's puffing :P? A rattling has nothing on that. lol

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Originally Posted by Neal

You ever heard a puff adder do it's puffing :P? A rattling has nothing on that. lol

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nah puffadders are too fat to be scary :P they're like the ball pythons off the hots world

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nah puffadders are too fat to be scary :P they're like the ball pythons off the hots world

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Yea, that's so inaccurate of a description it's scary. While yes they're big, have you ever seen one strike? Among the fastest in the world if not at the top. They can strike sideways, backwards, top, bottom any direction with equal speed and they can strike their whole body length if they want.

Please don't ever reference ball pythons and anything venomous. Yes, they can be more tolerant than other species because they're strictly ambush, but when they want to move they can move.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tNpiNZcZQ

I just noticed I used img instead of video. Here's the correct thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7tNpiNZcZQ

i lived in south africa so yeah, i used to see them all the time. they're just nowehere near as frightening as the other snakes we used to see around- cape cobras, rinkhals's etc. never met a snake as passive as a puff adder

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nah puffadders are too fat to be scary :P they're like the ball pythons off the hots world

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Except that puff adders turn into psychos at night and are sleeping mostly during the day. The thing about puff adders is the second you are in striking range you are tagged. They are one of the most dangerous snakes for his reason and account for the highest bite numbers in Africa.


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Originally Posted by reptileexperts

Except that puff adders turn into psychos at night and are sleeping mostly during the day.

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to be fair I never went looking for them at night, but really dont agree with them being super agro during the day, just speaking from personal experience

although i also wouldnt go poking them with sticks like the guy in the video, which might be why i have a different opinion ��

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As am I. They are fire rockets. Never to be under estimated


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Originally Posted by Dumdum333

i lived in south africa so yeah, i used to see them all the time. they're just nowehere near as frightening as the other snakes we used to see around- cape cobras, rinkhals's etc. never met a snake as passive as a puff adder

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They're ambush predators. So they don't go about striking unless they're highly ticked or you're entirely too close. While those are bad, I would fear a forest cobra over a cape cobra. I've never dealt with rinkhals, so I can't comment on that. But yea, the puffing is way more intimidating than a rattle, at least to most people I know.

rinkhals's are spitters which is never fun. but yeah, maybe i've just heard it too often, whereas a rattle i've only heard once. Plus i'm sure watching all those western movies has made me biased towards it :P

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rinkhals's are spitters which is never fun. but yeah, maybe i've just heard it too often, whereas a rattle i've only heard once. Plus i'm sure watching all those western movies has made me biased towards it :P

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Lol. I'm familiar with rinkhals and ability to spit along with the mangshan vipers. Just never seen either of them in person and have never dealt with them.

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rinkhals's are spitters which is never fun. but yeah, maybe i've just heard it too often, whereas a rattle i've only heard once. Plus i'm sure watching all those western movies has made me biased towards it :P

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Rinkhals aren't too bad. If I could find a high yellow locale here in the states I'd have one in a minute. Seems that only the more common black are kept. They are highly accurate spitters, but they are basically a hognose in the fact they will quickly play dead when confronted.


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