A Diamond-back Rattle Snake nearly got me in the garage (snakes, mice)

[007.5]

Did you know that the Creator made the Rattlesnakes temperature sensory apparatus on its face to sense a temperature change of a mere 1/10 th of a Degree F. from 10' away so they know when to strike and defend itself ???! I was pretty fortunate as you will see in this video i took :
'I always feel like, somebodys watchin' meee' - YouTube

[rainroosty]

That's NOT a Diamondback rattlesnake!

It's a gorgeous and beautiful, beneficial, wonderful Gray Rat snake. (Pantherophis obsoletus spiloides)
Completely harmless.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=grey+ra...=8-14&sp=-1&sk=

I don't have any idea why you would think that's a rattlesnake, lol!

Anyway, nice to see the video of that beauty. I sure hope you wouldn't hurt it!
It's hoping to find mice or rats and it's taking shelter from the heat of the day.

I'll bet you're somewhere up in northern Florida....perhaps in the general area of Cedar Key over to Sanderson or west of that, due to coloration....I also don't know from the video how far away it is from shedding again. The chocolate brown is sometimes more of a lighter gray in the area I describe, except for when I say west of that general line across the top of the state.
I met a gorgeous lighter colored one in Osceola National Forest, off of route 10. The color is variable up there.
It's basically a more southerly form of the Black Rat snake.

A very, very cool snake to find.

I'd give almost anything to live where you do!

[tamiznluv]

You may have had the wrong snake, 007.5 but you've got a nice voice! A rattler would have rattled somewhere along the line wouldn't it, rain?

[007.5]

Originally Posted by rainroosty

That's NOT a Diamondback rattlesnake!

It's a gorgeous and beautiful, beneficial, wonderful Gray Rat snake. (Pantherophis obsoletus spiloides)
Completely harmless.

grey rat snake pantherophis - Bing=

I don't have any idea why you would think that's a rattlesnake, lol!

Anyway, nice to see the video of that beauty. I sure hope you wouldn't hurt it!
It's hoping to find mice or rats and it's taking shelter from the heat of the day.

I'll bet you're somewhere up in northern Florida....perhaps in the general area of Cedar Key over to Sanderson or west of that, due to coloration....I also don't know from the video how far away it is from shedding again. The chocolate brown is sometimes more of a lighter gray in the area I describe, except for when I say west of that general line across the top of the state.
I met a gorgeous lighter colored one in Osceola National Forest, off of route 10. The color is variable up there.
It's basically a more southerly form of the Black Rat snake.

A very, very cool snake to find.

I'd give almost anything to live where you do!

Well, i assumed it was a Diamond Back Rattler sin ce it had those diamonds all the way down its body. , and i thought it kind of odd there was no rattle on its tail but thought it may be a different species Rattlesnake. Thanks for putting me straight and im glad it wasnt poisinous . Even with the garage door fully open he wouldnt leave and he got behind a metal shelving unit and stayed there, so, i got the hose hooked up and blasted it under the shelving unit and boy did he run out of his hiding place over to the corner of the garage and still wouldnt leave. So i blasted him again toward his head and he ran out onto the driveway and coiled up behind my RV front tire. So i gave his body another good blast and he went like heck into the woods .

I have since put moth balls all along the garage door just on the inside as im told that will keep them away. Am i right about that ? I hope so. And , i live in the Panhandle of Florida very close to I-10 in thick woods. I saw a pigmy rattler last year and it was very short and small. I love living in the woods except for snakes ..thats the only thing i find a pita . Glad you like em though.