i never knew there where rattlesnakes in michigan i went online i wantetd to know the snakes of michigan and when i saw that there where rattlesnakes that scared me beacues i read online that the live in the lower part of michigan and i live in the lower part of michigan but i read that they try to stay away from people :-)
Damn, I never realized they had venomous snakes indigenous to Michigan, let alone a species that's thriving like this. I thought it was one of the few states that didn't have these evil creatures lol. I figured MI just had garter snakes, racers, rat and milk snakes. Learn something new everyday.
@killa11B Well if you really want to get technical about it, garter snakes are venomous, it is just that it is a pretty weak neurotoxin and they have a posterior tooth that is extremely rare for a human to be envenomated by. The tooth is so far back that it only can deliver the small amount of the weak venom as it "chews" its prey down, it is not part of the initial strike nor would envenomation even be independently lethal to even most of the animals as small as the garter snakes prey.
I used to see these out at Kensington park in Ann Arbor. I also had one at the back of my subdivision when I was a wee lad in Canton. Really quite shy creatures. Not generally deadly, but one guy that makes massasauga anti-venom got bit by one of his biggest snakes and he didn't get treatment and died, that is not the only recorded fatality either, so just be careful They usually live near ponds and a major part of their diet is frogs.
Ive lived in Michigan my whole life and I've been hunting/hiking/fishing since I was 13 (I'm 21 now) and I've never come a crossed one of these. I've seen a lot of green, grater, milk snakes and even a few hog nose and kirtland snakes. I'd actually love to see a Michigan rattler in the wild. But after doing a bit of research, I've found that their population has recently declined dramaticly. It's a shame, their a very interesting snake.
@imleavingtonight If you are ever by Ann Arbor you can find a ton of these snakes at Yankee Springs Park. I was playing disc golf there any my disc landed about 18 inches from one. I didn't even notice it until after I picked up the disk. Then 5 minutes later we found another one on the fairway. As we left the park we noticed a sign alerting visitors about the Massasaugas.
I saw a few on a trail in the U of M Botanical Gardens northeast of Ann Arbor. One of them appeared to be just over 2 1/2 feet long. They all rattled and fled from me and others as we walked down the trail. The director at the center told me that this is normal behaviour for Eastern Massasaugas.
@drin2014 im 26 born and raised here and neither have I. but it makes sense from seeing how they don't come out into the open and stay hidden. it's good to know that they are not very confrontational.
In Somonauk, ILLINOIS (USA). I saw one while I was walking...It was pretty pissed off, and was coiling up and raising its head to strike. When i first saw it, I was thinking it was too big to be a garden snake, and too strangely colored. Then i saw and heard the rattle and that was enough for me. It was in the forest preserve on the edge of town, opposite the train tracks. It really wasn't happy to see me.
i was in michigan with my friend and that is the only venomous snake in michigan and he happens to get bit by it and he had to spend a week at U of M hospital haha
heh... crap, I have one of those in a room I workout in. I thought it may be a water snake or something. But once i heard that rattle I knew it was the same thing. :|
i never knew there where rattlesnakes in michigan i went online i wantetd to know the snakes of michigan and when i saw that there where rattlesnakes that scared me beacues i read online that the live in the lower part of michigan and i live in the lower part of michigan but i read that they try to stay away from people :-)
ashleeprincess897 2 months ago
The current information I read on this snake states that it is also now endangered here in Michigan. Have you done a current story on these?
SmithZooCrew 5 months ago
ive caught on in jackson county iowa
pheasanthunter123 5 months ago
Damn, I never realized they had venomous snakes indigenous to Michigan, let alone a species that's thriving like this. I thought it was one of the few states that didn't have these evil creatures lol. I figured MI just had garter snakes, racers, rat and milk snakes. Learn something new everyday.
killa11B 9 months ago
@killa11B Well if you really want to get technical about it, garter snakes are venomous, it is just that it is a pretty weak neurotoxin and they have a posterior tooth that is extremely rare for a human to be envenomated by. The tooth is so far back that it only can deliver the small amount of the weak venom as it "chews" its prey down, it is not part of the initial strike nor would envenomation even be independently lethal to even most of the animals as small as the garter snakes prey.
dragonamt 8 months ago
I've not come across a massasauga rattle snake yet, but I'm glad to know they will politely communicate their displeasure before fixing to bite!
OfGreatLakes 6 months ago
I used to see these out at Kensington park in Ann Arbor. I also had one at the back of my subdivision when I was a wee lad in Canton. Really quite shy creatures. Not generally deadly, but one guy that makes massasauga anti-venom got bit by one of his biggest snakes and he didn't get treatment and died, that is not the only recorded fatality either, so just be careful They usually live near ponds and a major part of their diet is frogs.
dragonamt 11 months ago
Ive lived in Michigan my whole life and I've been hunting/hiking/fishing since I was 13 (I'm 21 now) and I've never come a crossed one of these. I've seen a lot of green, grater, milk snakes and even a few hog nose and kirtland snakes. I'd actually love to see a Michigan rattler in the wild. But after doing a bit of research, I've found that their population has recently declined dramaticly. It's a shame, their a very interesting snake.
imleavingtonight 11 months ago 2
@imleavingtonight If you are ever by Ann Arbor you can find a ton of these snakes at Yankee Springs Park. I was playing disc golf there any my disc landed about 18 inches from one. I didn't even notice it until after I picked up the disk. Then 5 minutes later we found another one on the fairway. As we left the park we noticed a sign alerting visitors about the Massasaugas.
KiteWingUSA 11 months ago
ocsmike
your ignorance and lack of empathy for animals really sucks.
Please get a clue.
People in positions of media visibility have even greater responsibility than average Joes.
Stop with the knucklehead routine, your own species is suffering already...
nextinlinetoo 1 year ago
lol thats wierd, i swear i saw one of thos up in the small mountains in the upper peninsela here in michigan while i was hiking
passwordguy1 1 year ago
wow the host of this clip really wants all rattle snakes dead doesn't he.
Tdubbin04 1 year ago
I saw a few on a trail in the U of M Botanical Gardens northeast of Ann Arbor. One of them appeared to be just over 2 1/2 feet long. They all rattled and fled from me and others as we walked down the trail. The director at the center told me that this is normal behaviour for Eastern Massasaugas.
Wlmitch1 1 year ago
yea tobermory ontario we got a fuck load of them
pballer000 2 years ago
I have lived in Michigan my entire life and have yet to see one of these...but I'm not exactly looking for them either.
drin2014 2 years ago
@drin2014 im 26 born and raised here and neither have I. but it makes sense from seeing how they don't come out into the open and stay hidden. it's good to know that they are not very confrontational.
Brettwbeyer14 1 year ago
In Somonauk, ILLINOIS (USA). I saw one while I was walking...It was pretty pissed off, and was coiling up and raising its head to strike. When i first saw it, I was thinking it was too big to be a garden snake, and too strangely colored. Then i saw and heard the rattle and that was enough for me. It was in the forest preserve on the edge of town, opposite the train tracks. It really wasn't happy to see me.
MathewRusso 2 years ago
i was in michigan with my friend and that is the only venomous snake in michigan and he happens to get bit by it and he had to spend a week at U of M hospital haha
skinydude 3 years ago
heh... crap, I have one of those in a room I workout in. I thought it may be a water snake or something. But once i heard that rattle I knew it was the same thing. :|
WilliamVastor 3 years ago
I've seen afew this year in Ontario. Just north of Toronto
adamelectrician353 3 years ago
do you think that the timber rattlesnake will ever be spotted in ontario!!!
mrjohngarland28 3 years ago
COME TO MICHIGAN =)
I've seen 4 so far this year!
SalineSnakeGuy85 3 years ago
correction, make that 7
SalineSnakeGuy85 3 years ago
ive lived in michigan for 18 years and i still have not had a chance to check out Sistrurus catenatus
BUT
i am going to mississippi where i can hopefully check out one of the other Sistrurus species, which i think is milarius
crotalus269 4 years ago
cool
osubucksrule15 4 years ago
This is great. I would love to find a place where I could photograph Sistrurus catenatus in the wild.
kurt942003 4 years ago