Texas Gassing Rattlesnakes

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I'll never understand why people think something is interesting enough to post but not interesting enough to bother to post some kind of executive summary.

In any case, why would anyone gas rattlesnakes? If I'm driving down a road and see a rattlesnake or other snake on the roadway, I nearly always stop and try to get them to move off the roadway before they get run over.

^^Sorry about that,they pour gasoline into their dens to get them to come out so they can be made into hat bands at rattlesnake round ups.The gas kills all the other animals that also use the denning site as a home.

Fear not. Countermeasures have been deployed.



And perhaps these meddling mammals should pay attention to the prophecy of Ragnarok:

Wish they would think of some way to do an ongoing round-up of the Everglade pythons before they (the pythons) eat everything and everybody down there.

I watched a show on rattlers in Florida and even gopher turtles get in there with the snakes.It showed footage of one of the normal brush fires and all sorts of animals went in the holes,even a rabbit took shelter.When they gas the dens no animal can use it for a long time because of the fumes.
I've read some articles on the problems in Florida,many irresponsible pet owners and damage to breeding facilities caused the Python problem.There's also a type of non native monitor lizard that has homesteader the area.An interesting article on the green iguanas said they the first were sighted in the Keys in the fifties,before iguanas entered the pet trade.They had to arrive floating on seaweed or logs.They don't cause problems except cranky people don't like them popping in the swimming pool.all you need to prevent that is a fake plastic alligator in the pool,of couse being Florida a real gator may take up residence in the pool.

As an animal lover, they're just doing more harm than good here. Unintentionally killing off several other animals just to get at one seems counterproductive to me.

They do send emails,but they are not obnoxious about it,and most are petitions for good causes so I don't mind.Its easy to remove yourself from their mailing list and they don't share your address with other groups.I wasn't happy at first when a friend sent it to me,but changed my mind.Its so much easier to click a button to take action than call or write someone.

Of course, no one understands that rattlesnakes (when not trying to bite) are really cool.

Yes,they are interesting creatures.They really are not aggressive.i encounter them a lot here.Snapped this photo in the yard,later she had babies.
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If you want aggression, bullsnakes are many times worse than rattlesnakes.

For that matter, put a bullsnake and a rattlesnake together and the bullsnake will kill the rattlesnake.

F'k the stupid rattlesnakes.
Yay Texas! keep gassing!