safossils Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 We went out yesterday, and ran across this beautiful rattlesnake. We found some worm burrows in cretaceous limestone, but got rained out early. Walt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepinthemud Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 is that what those random circles are? Ive got a rock or two with a very similar looking circle... haha "To do is to be." -Socrates "People are Stupid." -Wizard's First Rule "Happiness is a warm Jeep." -Auspex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 That's a very pretty Crotalus molossus aka Black Tailed Rattlesnake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bowen Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Agreed. That is a beautiful specimen! Looks like he just shed. He's very shiny and bright. Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Looks like he would make a good addition to a pot of chili. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRS MICROPTERUS101 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 i agree cook it up they scar the heck out if me even in pics....... i came saw drooled and collected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 ^^My grandma would take the hoe to any snake that she encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 i've personally never eaten snake that i'm aware of (love throwing in qualifiers like that), but my grandmother used to tell me about how they were always putting molossus on everything back in the day. the last black-tail i encountered was histrionic beyond comparison, to the extent that i followed him to his hiding place and left a can of beer there for him to attempt to chill out with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 They taste like chicken-fish. They have 2 strings of meat under the rib that is like a big thick piece of spaghetti... yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 the last black-tail i encountered was histrionic beyond comparison, to the extent that i followed him to his hiding place and left a can of beer there for him to attempt to chill out with. "Inebriated Viper" would be a good band name, but a bad house pet. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jax Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 That's a very pretty Crotalus molossus aka Black Tailed Rattlesnake. Looks like a nice pair of boots to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safossils Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 is that what those random circles are? That's what I call them, they could be some other type of burrow, but I call them worm burrows. the last black-tail i encountered was histrionic beyond comparison, to the extent that i followed him to his hiding place and left a can of beer there for him to attempt to chill out with. This guy seemed almost tame. He never rattled, and only started to get into a defensive posture when I went in for the close-up of his head. We watched him cross the road, then left him to go on his way. Walt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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