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Colossal Sized Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

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This picture was taken on a cell phone at 3am. I did not have a tape nor a scale. Nor were any of us feeling energetic enough to wrestle this big boy for a length or weight. I can tell you this, I put his rattle on the ceiling and his head was on the floor. The owner tells us that it was an 8 foot ceiling. From handling my own 12 pound EDB, I think the weight of this one to be about 20 pounds. He was CB from north FL stock and is about 6 years old.

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Been in this for most of my life, probably seen 1000's, this is the biggest i have seen.
 
I love rattlers. That one is huge. Very nice pic Chuck. It's not often you get to see these big ones. Thanks for putting the pic back up Chuck. Have heard Easterns go to 8 ft. Eat rabbits.
 
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