Deadly 4' Long Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

[geocachespoilers]

great video

[DragonLowStar1]

shoot the motherfucker

[hmf099]

as with any wild animal, you must be careful with venemous snakes. No reason to kill them though, that's just stupid. Without them your house would be full of rodents.

[treefireguy]

I got within a few feet of a 6 foot Western yesterday, near Roswell, NM, These are massive creatures and I was very glad he slowly crawled away after a short, almost lazy rattle, (definatly not a pissed off rattle). I can't get the sound and site of that encounter out of my head.

[66greedo]

who did you get that close

[MrLANDRONICS]

in texas we find those but they are like 6' long

[allacasam]

@MrLANDRONICS

yeah well in exas eveyone on takes it to the bum also so you can just shut your mouth

[5757floyd]

I say kill all the poisonous snakes in the world. Then, one might just be able to enjoy life like sleeping out in the open or just walking around and not having to worry about some snake freak or snakes to bother with. I cannot imagine why anyone in their right mind would want to keep alive a snake that can kill their children or themselves. They are lunatics whom advocate keeping these monsters alive.

[BradJC70]

@5757floyd You prefer the alternative then? Disease carrying rats and rodents by the billions, running around, eating and destroying crops? Your comment is borne of ignorance. ALL snakes are VITAL to sustaining the balance of the ecosystem.

[5757floyd]

@BradJC70 No, i know the difference in poisonous snakes and that killing them off will not affect any rodents as there are plenty of non-poisonous snakes to make up for their loss. You are wrong, it is not ignorant to kill of dangerous creatures as there are many creatures just like them that will do the job. If one of those takes out your kid you will most likely praise that poison snake! Now, that is ignorance.

[BradJC70]

@5757floyd The only verifiable PROOF of ignorance here, lies with YOU. Firstly, some snakes are 'VENOMOUS', not 'POISONOUS'. Secondly, according to YOUR logic, we should then KILL ALL SHARKS who are known to attack and kill people? I mean, what if YOUR kid wants to swim in the ocean one day? A shark might 'take him out'... NOBODY was harmed by the snake in this video. Remove it from the path IF you HAVE TO and be on your way. To kill it, is ignorant, unnecessary and CRUEL.

[doyle178]

@5757floyd Kill all poisonous (venomous) snakes in the world? You are an idiot!! Do you know that RATTLESNAKE VENOM is being researched right now as the most effective treatment of malignant cancer EVER??? Two studies have already concluded this fact and now the 3rd most comprehensive study is underway and we could see the broken down venom components being administered to humans very soon. There is also a multitude of other medical studies being completed on snake venom.

[doyle178]

@5757floyd Components of venom are effective in treating blood clots, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and even pain management!! Yet we should kill all these creatures off!! A little education and awareness and COMMON SENSE would eliminate nearly all cases of snake bite. Snakes do not lie in wait for some human to come along so they can bite someone.  They bite when they are scared and someone moves into their immediate area. Stay alert and even throw on snake leggings and problem is solved. THE END

[ellie3637]

very beautiful sanke

[GhostchaserNM]

excellent video of that beautiful snake. the music is a nice touch to it as well. i have been herping now for almost 10 yrs and i have seen alot of different snakes along the way. i have been bit by a massasaugua in woodward ok. (see my video). i have also captured a western diamondback as well. they are wonderful beautiful creatures. i'm so sick of people saying that stupid line "the only good snake is a dead snake". they just don't know. keep up the herping there brother!

[snake1317]

somebody shoot that bastard they aint no way in hell that would crawl away from me and live to see another day i would have ended it then and there

[donze52]

Rattlers kill 3 to 6 head of our cattle yearly, not counting all 4 of our ranch dogs have been bitten, two died.

neighbors little girl stepped out the back door and was hit by a rattler.

cost $50,000 to save her life.

rattle snakes are crawling land mines.

[thecoralbeef]

ugh, i hate snakes

[theARE911]

sweat snake

[1fen]

I would of caught it for the camera! To give everyone a better look!

[68chevelless396woot]

kill that fuckin thing!

[globe255]

Wonder how many who will die from spider poison in USA OR other kind of poison?

[goldsfarmer]

i was out on a 11 mile trail with my dad and cousin about 6 miles to the point and 6 miles back.. so we were walking back about 10 miles in so 1 mile away from the car all up hill and i wasnt paying attention to where i was going i stepped over the exact same rattle snake one step less and i would have been bit. not only that this trail was in the middle of no where and no cell phone sig for at least 30 minutes going at 60mph

[Sithisnight]

What part of the monzanos were you in? I live in Belen and I go herping all the time. I have only ever seen 3.

[GEOCACHINGJEFF]

@Sithisnight

We saw this one on the Four Hills Open Space trail at the end of Stagecoach Road. It was probably at around the 6500 ft. level where we saw it on the trail. The Ojito wilderness is another great place to look for western diamondback rattlesnakes in New Mexico.

Jeff

[Sithisnight]

@GEOCACHINGJEFF

I got one I have a vid

[sl26t]

bad ass video. thanks for sharing

[909beats]

MMMM Dinner!

[dhide14]

why the FUCK do people add their SHITTY taste in music to their videos???

[sl26t]

@dhide14 this song was more than appropriate for this clip. lemme guess, your version would have featured rob thomas

[AryanKnight]

@dhide14 --Amen brother, --they invariable destroy the visualization, --we would much rather just hear the environmental sounds no matter how poor of quality...!!!

[arklat]

When you spot an obvious adult rattler, be very aware. Check around for the mate. They often run together. You might see the one, and focus on it, when the mate may come up to defend the snake you are watching, and bite you. This happens more than you may think. Do not mess with a rattlesnake! Especially if you have ben drinking!

[909beats]

@arklat yeah, definitely a bad idea if you've been boozin'

[cheftim1011]

thank you for keeping your distance and not "mucking with it" if only more people had the same respect as us...

[chicknbooty]

KILL THAT MUTHA FUCKA DONT JUST LET IT GO BY

[SMITHY2010LS9]

its a rattler mate crikey

[runnerrk]

better recheck your stats at 1:15.......nine percent fatality rate?......I've often heard/read that there were generally between a half dozen to a dozen fatalities annually......that'd be somewhat less than one percent.....

[88Tdwp]

Actually, a rattlesnake might use it's rattle to warn of its presence or it might not, just like a rattlesnake might bite you and inject venom or they might bite and give a dry bite. 2/3 of all bites are dry. Rattlesnakes don't want to inject venom into you because (A) they don't want to waste it, as it takes a lot of energy to make. (B) they know they can't eat you so why waste venom and (C) they need the venom to kill prey not humans

[TVFOGGED]

@88Tdwp Baby rattle snakes are the ones you have to look out for they use all of it.

[88Tdwp]

@TVFOGGED Yeah I know man. They just can't control how much venom they release, so when they bite, they usually pump it all in and that is bad news for the victim of the bite.

[TVFOGGED]

@88Tdwp I remember jumping over one as a kid. Was scary, I don't think I have ever jumped so high in my life. lol

[88Tdwp]

@TVFOGGED Yeah I grow up in Alabama and I remember catching my first Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake when I was about 16. Last year before I moved to michigan, I caught a four foot Timber rattlesnake and let me tell you, there is nothing more scary then having a pit viper in your hands, especially a pissed off one lol.

[repticman123]

@TVFOGGED No, thats a very common myth. Baby rattlesnakes are just as dangerous as adults. They don't inject all of their venom, because they need that venom and it would be dumb just to waste it on a human. Baby rattlesnakes CAN control the amount of venom they give.

[punisher39422]

i think its bigger than 4 foot lol looks about 6

[zapthycat]

Uh... 8500 people bitten per year, but not by rattlesnakes. Fewer than 10 people die in the USA each year from rattlesnake bites. And Rattlesnakes can only strike 1/3rd their body length.

[donze52]

@zapthycat

bullsnakes kill 10 people a year due to infection,

rattle snakes kill 8,000 a year United Nations says in north and south america

do you know how many died from snake bites in New Orleans?

over 100 just for the record

[zapthycat]

@donze52 I don't know where you got your "facts". 100 dead in NOLA from snakes? Rattlers kill 5 people a year in the US, look it up. Even wikipedia will tell you that.

[donze52]

@zapthycat

sorry but they lie, just as the books said the world was flat for 1,000 years,

or the experts saying that income tax will never take over 2% of a family income,

never ever trust, but find out, by speaking with us on the ground, working the land putting our lives on the line

I pray for you and agree to disagree with you

[donze52]

@zapthycat

wrong, I have had rattlers strike more than the length of their body,

they are a spring coil of muscle and no wimps., again

the number is over 200 but snake lovers and game and parks hide the facts.

g men are good at that,

so we agree to disagree, but if your wrong and this nation falls and no more anti venom want to bet what those people will be calling you and all the snake lovers.

[zapthycat]

@donze52 Oh sheesh. You think I'm really going to believe ANYTHING you say, when you tell me that a snake can strike MORE than the length of their body? You're saying, in essence, that they will FLY THROUGH THE AIR at you by jumping. Oooookay man. Believe whatever you believe. I hope you don't get plague from a mouse that should've been eaten by a rattler.

[donze52]

@zapthycat

life time on the ranch tells me they can jump over their length, seen it, been hit by a rattler without warning of any kind, seen my dogs bittlen and baby calves killed.

so call me a lier,

I do not kill things that do not endanger me, like our near 20 coach whip snake locally a monster that is faster than any snake I know, but never bites, only runs away.

[zapthycat]

@donze52 A rattler jumped on you without any warning at all? That's hilarious. Get a life.

[donze52]

@zapthycat

Rattlers do strike without warning,

had 4 dogs bitten, two great dogs died from snake bites.

cattle also I have lost, not hogs, as their skin is to hard.

but sheep I have lost.

telling me to get a life,

sir, my ranch life was a good life, and on judgement day

without bragging I will put my life against yours for doing more for

family, friends and in general protecting my area

one of those things was killing rattlers.

[kyleray1234]

@donze52

they actually do give out warning.... they use the Rattlers..

[donze52]

@kyleray1234

Sorry but the experts forgot to tell local rattle snakes in south west NE>

the last 5 I killed never buzzed their rattles as we met nor before they struck at me,

in fact I have seen rattlers hide their rattles under their coils pretending to be a bull snake which we don't kill harmless snakes.

that is why we call them here crawling land mines,

donze52 films

[donze52]

Rattlers kill more livestock than wolves, mountain lions, and coyotes combined.

here in south west Nebraska, killing is the answer, in fact now if a town finds one and dumps it on someone's farm land, the land owner will sue the city for endangering his livestock pets and family. easy way to make $10,000 or so.

Rattlers are in the same catagory as a pitbull with rabies, don't want them here.

[risingconviction]

@donze52 Where do you get your stats? Pure BS.

[donze52]

@risingconviction

I am sorry to offend you, but here we care more for livestock, pets and children playing and eldlery gardening,

sadly to few relize if rattlers were gotten rid of, non poisonous snakes could easy do the job without danger to mankind.

as for STATS- a G man said Snake lovers have been lying for decades, but my information is true.

MR BILL

donze52 films

thank you and may God bless your family

[risingconviction]

@donze52 Less than 10 people per year die or rattlesnake bites in the US, and I doubt Nebraska has even made the list in the last decade, statistically. Your "common sense" sort of logic is based on your beliefs and fears rather than evidence and fact. You're dead wrong all three claims you've thrown out there, but I realize there's no way to convince someone of your sort to change their mind about anything using facts and research, so I won't try.

[zapthycat]

@donze52 I hope you get the "opportunity" to face both a rattlesnake and a pitbull with rabies, I'll give you a gun with 2 bullets and YOU can decide if you want to put one in each, or if the rattlesnake is completely harmless and put both in the pit.

[xsnakemandougx]

this is true.. i love snakes i prefer relocation of them but some people kill them.. a non venomous snake should be left.. but a venomous snake it is iresponsible to leave it in the yard.. how ever in the wilderness they should be left how they are.. these hikers did nothing wrong and handeled the situation well

[cbinion]

Fact: People get bitten when they do stupid things like track a Diamondback that is trying to get away. That defensive S-shaped rear? That means its now feeling threatened, and is going to strike. Usually a good time to back off. Dumbasses,

[killingmachine21]

pretty cool but ive never seen one in person before.i would like to see one up close but we dont see much rattlers.we see mostly mocasins.

[feebix]

Blimey, I`d love to be able to see animals like that in the wild so easily...

[goldeylockss]

iv been bitten hospital half a mile it was a water mocassian

[Delticola]

@goldeylockss what state were you in? Western Cottonmouth/watermoccasin are more venomous then eastern. Western is Alabama to Texas. Eastern is Georgia, SC, NC.

[daricandreas]

whatever. much better quality at YumSexy,com

[shireka1]

it was sweet and ugly

[feebix]

Beautiful snake ! I`d love to keep a Western Diamondback :) I can`t imagine living somewhere where they could just appear and bite you though, not that it`s they go out of thier way to do so but still...

[Paytontengar]

@feebix they just come out and meander around half a mile away from my house

[zackbranson]

thats a gorgeous snake.

[SashaTheStrange]

Nice vid! Rattlesnakes are fascinating creatures. They aren't evil either, as some would like to believe. By the way, I really like the song on here. Tried to google the lyrics but w/ no success. Could you tell me what it is? Thanks.

[GEOCACHINGJEFF]

Artist:Sweet City Slang

Song:Snake Charmer

Album:Somewhere Along The Way

Time:04:50

Genre:Blues

[QualityAirsoft]

@SashaTheStrange i killed one today

[QualityAirsoft]

@SashaTheStrange bitch tried to bite me

[trekmomma]

Interesting comments, but let me add my two cents since my daughter was bitten by this species. Western diamondbacks are very dangerous, she was walking through the driveway and it came out from underneath the basketball hoop and bit her. She had 20 doses of anitvenom, and was airlifted to the children's hospital for surgery to relieve swelling. To treat rattlers as JUST another creature on our wonderful planet is a full hardy mistake.

[omarguevara3]

People have stigmatized this species as if the Diamondback were seeking people to bite. Most likely, human bites will be dry bites, because a human is too large for them to become a meal. One went passed us, about two feet from us, in the Southern Arizona Desert at night. It was four of us, but the snake simply ignored us and went passed us. They will not use their venom or be over hostile unnecessarily, they need to conserve it for hunting, which is essential for their survival.

[neenarossi]

God don't make mistakes! he put rattle snakes here so they can bite your dick off dbros5150! lmfao!

[dbros5150]

What the fuck was God thinking? These things suck. Creepin and easin' around. Like a crazy bitch. Eve was a slippery bitch and put here to fuck us. Beware the great pussy boys, beware, that clam bites. I have been bitten too many times. Keep a flat head shovel in your trunk.

[Techy1996]

HAHAHAHAHAHA XD!

[THEKIDWHOWILLKICKURA]

rattle snake tastes pretty good

[tiffany0544]

Why put that stupid music on this video, people would much rather hear the snake. The rattlesnake has a sound much better that that song.

[soldner234]

I'd like to eat that snake

[pilgor87]

Awesome video awesome song 5 stars

[donze52]

Posion snakes have killed more people on earth than all of man's wars combined.

the only good one is a dead snake:

Lost way to many calves to rattlers:

[jestavonation]

i know a native american here in new mexico who milks venom from these snakes and totally trips balls (not to smart please don't try)cant tell you how he does the shit top secret

[Revelation181]

Yes.

[AimeeLaJoy]

That just freaks me out!!!!

[wylder4]

thats not seether pig.....its something else

[strive4balance]

Fabulous Snake... what an extra treasure while geocaching!!

[NMDave68]

I find this video inane and imature. Why do you associate such shitty music with a beautiful creature. Typical "badass" Amiericans. The snake is beautiful the video is dum....thanks for not killing it.

[ShakleBenjamin]

good find

[donze52]

Only good rattler is a dead one,

had 4 dogs bitten, two died.

Our neighbors little girl was bitten.

We kill them all, in Nebr.

[irule1255]

same here in Wyoming, fucking hate snakes

[IAmaPersion]

only good dog is a dead dog.

Dogs kill and injure people way more than snakes.

I run over every one I see.

[donze52]

Sorry you put man's best friend in the same catagory as snakes,

I hope you don't really kill dogs, but are just being mean to me, and its ok

to be mean if you have to.

[IAmaPersion]

No, dogs attack and kill way more people each year ever than snakes. It's a fact. From reading your comments here, you don't sound very bright.

[donze52]

in any disagreement, the one that has to degrade another person to prove a point, proves to me, just how good a Christian you are.

As for snakes, If you walked in my shoes, you will kill them as quickly as I do.

Nebraska, land of crawling land mines.

Old Farmer, Mr. BILL

[sandiaman1]

Suffice to say......he looked like he was getting real leery of you. Think Manzano Wolfe would of been fast enough to get out of the way if he had too? :-)I never realized a Diamonback venom was that bad until I saw that show on Discovery Channel. Damn stuff digests your flesh from the iside out. I was almost bitten out on the west mesa in Albuquerque reaching into some lava rock crevices out geocaching. I always bring a stick now to warn any nasty buggers ahead of time.

[JimmyHatsSuck]

What's the name of the song used in the video? Sorta sounds like Godsmack.

[Iranianjahon]

If you were trying to determine his age by the number of rattles it cannot be done. Rattlesnakes naturally lose parts of their rattles all the time and rattlesnakes gain more than just 1 rattle a year depending on age. Young rattlesnakes grow very fast and therefore gain multiple rattles per year for example.

[gcsandia]

Yikes! Where were you guys when you found him?

[GEOCACHINGJEFF]

We saw it while we were on our way back from the "Rockin' Robin" Geocache in the Manzano Open Space area in Four Hills.

Manzano wolfe almost stepped right on him but jumped backwards at the last second!! We never saw or heard the snake until it was almost too late.

Jeff

[DynoHeat]

@GEOCACHINGJEFF yea that happened to me but it wasnt a big snake it was a baby rattle snake i was walking and then i saw somthing close to my foot i walked a slowly backwards and then i walked to the side and the baby rattlesnake saw me and curled up and was ready to strike i got really lucky im 16 lol