meet the "pygmy rattlesnake"

[Okla-homey]

http://aycu19.webshots.com/image/15418/2002410686701943272_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002410686701943272)

My dog killed one in my suburban backyard this afternoon apparently. It was lying gnarled and dead on the patio under the table.

I was born and raised in Oklahoma but I never knew we had these dang things. This one was about ten inches nose to tail. Tiny little set of rattles on its tail that are basically noiseless.

I did a bit of online research and while they won't kill a feller, they'll make him mighty sick

Who knew my dog had mongoose tendencies? I don't know whether to whip his arse or thank him. The dang thing could have killed him.

http://www.stetson.edu/biology/piginfo.shtml#dis

[sanantoniosooner]

Issshay

[King Crimson]

i never heard of those. then again, we used to have junebugs and tadpoles everywhere when i was a kid.

[OUinFLA]

we gots them down here
they climb up into palm trees as well.

oh, and we still have June bugs and plenty of tadpoles.

[sanantoniosooner]

Issshay
get it?

the pygmy rattlesnake is hissing in pig latin

SRSLY

LOLOMGTEEHEE!!!11!!

[soonerscuba]

Finding new critters under the porch is a long standing tradition of f'in hillbillies, bonus points if your dog kills it, lightning round if you ate it.

[picasso]

my brother killed a young rattler in our flower bed last spring.

and our hybrid bobcat/siamese has been seen shadow boxing the local king snake.

we're lake folk here.

[King Crimson]

inna day, my mom had a couple cats who would disappear for a couple days into the creek behind the house i grew up in....and come back with a decent size snake or lizard as a trophy. i was pretty impressed.

[olevetonahill]

Finding new critters under the porch is a long standing tradition of f'in hillbillies, bonus points if your dog kills it, lightning round if you ate it.
What I win ?:D

[olevetonahill]

Knothead an I both have killed a few critters and we Both ate em .
Is that bad ?

[AlbqSooner]

my brother killed a young rattler in our flower bed last spring.

and our hybrid bobcat/siamese has been seen shadow boxing the local king snake.

we're lake folk here.
Leave the King snakes alone. They eat copperheads.

[Harry Beanbag]

I was a little hesitant to click on this thread, but it turned out alright.

[SoonerStormchaser]

They're really common in the southeast (especially Florida)...to have them in Oklahoma is really rare.

[Okla-homey]

They're really common in the southeast (especially Florida)...to have them in Oklahoma is really rare.

probably brought here in pinatas by illegal aliens. It's a conspiracy. I read it on 911truth.org