Awww a baby rattlesnake

[Chris142]

How cute. Came home, went to open my gate and saw this little guy resting near my gate. I thought he was a Gopher snake untill I got a good look at the shape of his head.

Little baby rattler too young to have rattles. I got out my cell phone and took a coupe of pics then scooted him off into the desert.

 

[The Critic]

Dangerous.

 

[crinkles]

he has a face only his mother could love.

love the light out in the desert. I'm an outback man stuck on the coast.

 

[daves87rs]

Yikes!

 

[Silber Igel]

You are a good man Chris! He's one of Mother's creatures and needs to do his work keeping the rodents in check!

 

[hardcore302]

Aww

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted By: Silber Igel
You are a good man Chris! He's one of Mother's creatures and needs to do his work keeping the rodents in check!
Exactly! I'd never kill a snake because it's a snake unless I found him in my tent.

 

[JHZR2]

Pretty long - doesn't look that baby to me!

 

[Thomas1190]

What a cutie lol

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Pretty long - doesn't look that baby to me!
He's only about 14 inches long

 

[Summerwind]

He's a cutie!! Just comming out to say "Hi"

 

[aquariuscsm]

He`s beautiful! I`m so glad you moved him to a safe location so nothing would happen to him.

 

[TooManyWheels]

But don't they have all the venom of an adult? Or am I thinking of a different snake?

 

[wavinwayne]

Originally Posted By: TooManyWheels
But don't they have all the venom of an adult? Or am I thinking of a different snake?


Baby vipers can't yet control the amount of venom they release when they bite (Adults can), so if a baby bites you, you get as much venom as it is capable of releasing. That's why baby vipers are so dangerous.

 

[Steve S]

That is a desert anaconda,too big for a rattler. Good size. the ones up here that I have seen are smaller . They are dispatched around here .there are many other non toxic snakes to eat vernin to have people and livestock bitten.

 

[Ben99GT]

I was thinking the same thing, it doesn't appear to be a rattler or in the viper family at all. The photo with the eye visible is the biggest giveaway to me.

Looks like a gopher snake to me.

All the Vipers have very distinctive eyes/brows, not to mention the heat-sensitive pits:

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