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10-14-2012, 12:09
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For the snake/animal people
Put my gear on the engine yesterday morning and the tones went off "public assist snake removal". We plucked this little guy out of an elderly ladies garden for her. He/she was beautiful, this years rattlesnake but getting beefy quick. Had a lady tagged by one a week ago in the same area.
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10-14-2012, 12:15
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Very pretty! Where'd you let it go?
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10-14-2012, 12:18
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Very pretty! Where'd you let it go?
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We have snake buckets with locking lids on our fire engines so we drove it to an area that was suitable to release it. Our 2 most eastern stations do a TON of removals every year.
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10-14-2012, 12:21
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Holy hell...that looks like a Southern Pacific. Brutal bite if it is.
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10-14-2012, 12:24
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Holy hell...that looks like a Southern Pacific. Brutal bite if it is.
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Yes it is, and yes they are bad bites. I have been on two in the last few months both times I was working on the ambulance. One was a PIG of a diamondback but it was a dry bite. Last weeks was a baby So Pacific with only one fang puncture, the swelling was already incredible and we had a 5 minute response time.
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10-14-2012, 12:36
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Originally Posted by bmoore
Yes it is, and yes they are bad bites. I have been on two in the last few months both times I was working on the ambulance. One was a PIG of a diamondback but it was a dry bite. Last weeks was a baby So Pacific with only one fang puncture, the swelling was already incredible and we had a 5 minute response time.
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Yeah between that and the Mojave, people need to really watch where they step because they might not make it back home.
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10-14-2012, 17:26
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Yeah between that and the Mojave, people need to really watch where they step because they might not make it back home.
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They will certainly put a hurting on you.
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10-14-2012, 17:29
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what a beaut.
good job.
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10-14-2012, 17:35
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Cool looking snake.
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10-14-2012, 19:29
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Cool looking snake.
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  Here I am!! That is an awfully adorable little thing.
All my snakes are under my house for the winter I think. I haven't found any of them for a week or 2 now. I'll have to live vicariously through those of you in the warmer states.
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10-14-2012, 20:48
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Water Moccasin 
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10-15-2012, 06:18
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the snakes I see, won't bite any more.....
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10-15-2012, 06:24
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Beautiful coloration. I've never heard of a 'Southern Pacific' rattler. Learn something new every day!
That looks like a rare find in the US. Good stuff.
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10-15-2012, 06:30
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A very beautiful, and a very deadly little creature! (I'm glad you let it go, though.) 
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10-15-2012, 06:36
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very nice looking critter! i rescue on average 1 pygmy rattler a year from the ER. irritable little things. but then again, if i was shoved in a mason jar and chilled to well below my comfortable temp, i might get cranky too.
i've heard of the mojave, but never a SoPac. time to bust out the snake book!
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10-15-2012, 11:28
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the snakes I see, won't bite any more.....
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Thank god you're here to keep everyone safe.
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10-15-2012, 11:35
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Originally Posted by eracer
Beautiful coloration. I've never heard of a 'Southern Pacific' rattler. Learn something new every day!
That looks like a rare find in the US. Good stuff.
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They are actually quite common. They are nice looking little critters.
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10-15-2012, 11:37
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Thank god you're here to keep everyone safe.
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No doubt. More than half the bites I have gone on in 9 years were from people messing with the snake.
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10-15-2012, 11:41
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Originally Posted by bmoore
No doubt. More than half the bites I have gone on in 9 years were from people messing with the snake.
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That's usually the case...snakes don't want anything to do with people. Girly-men these days...
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10-15-2012, 13:34
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Originally Posted by tadbart
very nice looking critter! i rescue on average 1 pygmy rattler a year from the ER. irritable little things. but then again, if i was shoved in a mason jar and chilled to well below my comfortable temp, i might get cranky too.
i've heard of the mojave, but never a SoPac. time to bust out the snake book!
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Would you say they have a Napoleon complex then? 
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10-15-2012, 15:54
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Originally Posted by NeverMore1701
Thank god you're here to keep everyone safe.
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not everyone mostly children and pets.
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10-15-2012, 16:00
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Water Moccasin |
rattleheaded moccasin with slit pupils 
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10-15-2012, 16:21
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Originally Posted by ca survivor
the snakes I see, won't bite any more.....
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Agree there..
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10-15-2012, 16:22
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Originally Posted by ca survivor
not everyone mostly children and pets.
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Still, thank god for you!
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10-15-2012, 21:19
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Would you say they have a Napoleon complex then? |
DEFINITELY!
I'd rather mess with an Eastern diamondback than a pygmy anyday. Rather not mess with either, honestly.
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