careful where you 'go' in the bush

[Raf]

sighted this wknd

 

 

 

 

eastern massassauga rattlesnake

 

it's a good thing they are timid and will let you know you're getting too close!!

Edited July 28, 2008 by Raf

[Wild]

Do they really taste like chicken?

[Raf]

if i had to compare, i'd say bald eagle.

[Rizzo]

I find they do not make very good toilet paper

[fishindevil]

I think they taste like out of season spawning bass !!!!

[lunkerbasshunter]

where did you see that?

[mikeymikey]

never knew there were rattlesnakes here

i would kill'em

Edited July 28, 2008 by mikeymikey

[jwl]

good think you didn't run into that while you where caught with your pants down

 

or it was beside the wrong tree, and you litterally pi$$ed it off

[MrMike]

They are protected,neat pic

[Mattones]

i have yet to see one:(

[cram]

Why kill them? That's just ignorant.

[Cudz]

if i had to compare, i'd say bald eagle.

I beg to differ. I think they taste exactly like bottle nose dolphin.

[spinnerdoc]

i think anything you've never tasted bef tastes like chicken. i would not kill them either one their protected and 2 they wont bite you if you leave em alone. seen one of these at cyprus lake provincial park at tobermory years back

Edited July 28, 2008 by spinnerdoc

[Raf]

Why kill them? That's just ignorant.

 

He is 2 for 2!

[Greencoachdog]

Very cool pics Raf! A snake has to be one tough bugger to live in the GWN!... and killing one out in the wild is ignorant.

They're the best friend you never knew you had.

 

Too bad they don't eat skeeters!!!

[Victor]

Recipes Recipes Recipes!?

 

It's gotta be the way you guys are cooking it

[brickNblock]

nice pic Raf.....did you take the shot?

 

One wouldnt need a laxative at a time like that if One had bowel prob's for sure.

 

.....I'll back some of you...it would be ignorant to even think of harming one of these babies.

[Raf]

nice pic Raf.....did you take the shot?

 

yessir, i did

[mistyriver1]

Cool shot Raf !!!

 

That must have woke you up

[sturgman]

A French River Rattler perhaps?

[bbog]

A French River Rattler perhaps?

You don't have to go that far to see them. Lots around just to shy to be seen by most.

[Joey]

Very cool pic Raf. I've never seen one up close and personal, and I'd like to keep it that way.

 

Nothing against snakes, I love them, but rattlers don't appeal to me

 

Joey

[tip-up]

Cute little bugger...

[keram]

This snake is on protected species list. Killing it can be costly.

 

From Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act:

 

Penalty

 

102. (1) A person convicted of an offence under this Act is liable to a fine of not more than $25,000, to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both.

 

Edited July 28, 2008 by keram

[Reef Runner]

A rare sighting Raf, thanks for sharing it with us. In my years of stompping around the Massassauga PP, Moon River, etc. only ever encountered one suninn itself on a rock.

 

Very cool.