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Ginormous Rattler
- Thread starter bachlover
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slobake
resident ... something
When I saw the title I thought it was about an 8x10 cab.
That's an old 'fishing picture ' trick.....
You hold the object much closer to the camera than you are.......and it looks way bigger......
Fishermen do it all the time in their pics........works even better if your lens is wide angle....
In this snake pic,the pole he is holding it up with could be quite long...but the pole is hidden from view.....
A tad suspicious........
You hold the object much closer to the camera than you are.......and it looks way bigger......
Fishermen do it all the time in their pics........works even better if your lens is wide angle....
In this snake pic,the pole he is holding it up with could be quite long...but the pole is hidden from view.....
A tad suspicious........
The snakes alive just sleeping....that guy may not want to be were he is when that snake wakes up.
Seriously that is a huge rattler maybe that snakes half anaconda......if it's real.
Darn tootin. Properly cooked and seasoned snake meat can be delicious. The bones are annoying, but it's some tasty stuff.
Did/will you eat it?
As you can see from the above post, it's not me, but I would definitely eat it. Not on moral principles but because bassicaly I'm hungry pretty much all the time....
True, but in this particular case I don't really see how it could be too much smaller than what is represented, unless the snake has been photoshopped. I mean, assuming the photographer is near the same height as the man in the photo, the guy appears to be holding 2' or so in front of him at about eye-level, give or take maybe half a foot. The snakes head is is hanging at least a foot, probably more from where it's being held, and it's body is nearly touching the ground if not actually touching it. Anyway you slice it, it's a lot of snake, unless it's a shop. I'm guessing somewhere between 6'-8' depending on how tall the guy is.
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
A human head is 1/8 of height in drawing. See how long his legs are?
Snake tail dangles fairly vertically landing 4 to 5 ft in front of hero's snake boots. Quid pro quo snake is well out in front on the stick. Tallies with lean back posture. Big but not as made out.
Treeline is probably closer to 30ft back and a person would fit in the shady spot to the right.
Wide angle shot taken at head height with top half cropped off.
Dear boys and girls of talk bass:
Crotalus adamanteus is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake species.
The largest recorded rattlesnake was an eastern diamondback, killed in Carteret County, North Carolina, in 1959. This monster was eight feet long weighed approx. 34lbs., and is mounted in the North Carolina Museum of Natural History in Raleigh.
Second Largest ever recorded was 7 feet 8 inches in 1946
there has long been a hefty reward offered for specimens over 8 feet it has NEVER been collected!
specimens over 7 feet are very rare
there was however a report in 2009 of a 7.3 in eastern diamondback caught in St Augustine. that was originally reported at 15 feet
The Eastern diamondback averages about 5.5 feet in length with most commonly reaching 3.5 feet
the op's picture as well as the one above are very fine examples of forced perspective
Crotalus adamanteus is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake species.
The largest recorded rattlesnake was an eastern diamondback, killed in Carteret County, North Carolina, in 1959. This monster was eight feet long weighed approx. 34lbs., and is mounted in the North Carolina Museum of Natural History in Raleigh.
Second Largest ever recorded was 7 feet 8 inches in 1946
there has long been a hefty reward offered for specimens over 8 feet it has NEVER been collected!
specimens over 7 feet are very rare
there was however a report in 2009 of a 7.3 in eastern diamondback caught in St Augustine. that was originally reported at 15 feet
The Eastern diamondback averages about 5.5 feet in length with most commonly reaching 3.5 feet
the op's picture as well as the one above are very fine examples of forced perspective
Some good points, I think you're right about it being about 4-5 feet from the guy judging by the size of the rattle compared to the size of his boot. It's still more snake than I'd like to tangle with, given the option.
