rattlesnake on Blue Ridge Parkway

[snakemain7799]

is that near kanas city

[walkersdad01]

very nice, and very mean, very dead and hangin on outside of my barn if i see it on the outskirts of waynesville! BEAUTIFUL SPECIES!

[AtarahDerek]

I was all prepared to call it a cottonmouth (it's fat and dark like cottonmouths), but then I saw how it carried its tail erect. Looks like a timber rattler.

[rvz77]

see that tail? the whole snake is one giant tail

[mrsparex]

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeew!

(I wish I'd taped the copperhead

in my yard a few weeks ago.)

[xCuttxUpxAngelx]

haha that'd be cool to see one for the first time but i'm not afraid of snakes at all, but they are thev only thing that makes me scrream. [[it makes me laugh]]

and i'd freak the fuck out seeing a rattlesnake!

[aeroliner750]

hay ma look at what folled me home

another human

can i keep this one can i ma

[jayp393]

Haha this guy followed the thing home.

If i saw that in person, i'd probably be half way down the road by the time it noticed me.

[shmico]

i doubt that.. it would notice u way before u noticed it

[xsnakemandougx]

very true

[postnine]

are u damn stupid lol i hope u gotten bitten by it

[aidentalontarrat]

thats beatiful rattler. i like the lighter color of horridus, with the real distinct copper line down the back, beatiful.

[snakegetters]

Very nice Crotalus horridus, "black velvet" phase of the timber or canebrake rattlesnake. Where on the parkway was this? I'll be sure to head there next time around for a chance to see one of these pretties.

[novataco]

This was soemwhere around milepost 25 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, not for south of Waynesboro VA, the northern end of the parkway. I posted a video response with a second video of it. I can see why they call it "velvet" phase...it was really beautiful. You can see pics of it at my bike trip journal crazyguyonabikedotcom/journal/­gerald

[snakegetters]

Mmm. I covet one of that color phgase for our exhibit, and I hold the appropriate permits to keep and exhibit this endangered species, but I won't take a healthy one out of the wild. I'll wait for a rehab case to come in, or a non-relocatable removal.

[novataco]

this is actually an endangered species...?

[snakegetters]

Crotalus horridus has legal protected status in North Carolina. I am not sure whether this particular population would qualify as endangered or not. Their legal status translates to "don't mess with them, capture them, kill them, molest them, feed them, etc." Nasty fines if a game warden catches you doing anything with a protected species other than taking pictures from a distance.

[noxxxrated]

Protected or not I see a fucking rattlesnake it's dead.

[snakegetters]

I catch you doing that, YOU are fucking dead.

[noxxxrated]

snakegetters that is a terroristic theart your ass is in fucking jail when I find out who you are.

[semaj1957]

noxxxrated why don't you just ignore snakegetters? It's clear he is just a blow hard idiot. Sounds like some kid that has been watching too much tv.

[seanjohn151]

un-educated bitch

[semaj1957]

un-educated bitch ?????? Are Doctors "un-educated"?????? How can a man be a bitch?????? People who resort to name calling when someone disagrees with them don't seem to be very bright. If you play with a snake and get bit it's your own damn fault so don't think I will feel sorry for you.

[seanjohn151]

wow...your a lot stoopid than I

first thought, later.

[semaj1957]

Fools will be fools. Go ahead and post another stupid comment and keep showing the world what a fool you are. You think I give a damn. If you were so damn smart like you think you are you could spell stupid right. What grade are you in second or third?

[seanjohn151]

damn...:^\ i'm suprised

your dumb ass caught that!

[LT1HILLINGHOE]

@snakegetters I know your comment is over 4 years old...but c'mon man. Around here we shoot those bastards all the time and you're welcome to come around anytime you want to and witness it, tough guy.

[thenewdisciple]

thats a timber rattlesnake, its the black phase