Moabi Rattle Snake Sighting

[PaPaG]

Look what we ran into at the motor home and 5th wheel spots at Moabi....just about to go by a bunch of kids and pets.....

And boy was it a mean one...8 rattles and trying to bite everyone...

 

[Gelcoater]

Look what we ran into at the motor home and 5th wheel spots at Moabi....just about to go by a bunch of kids and pets.....

And boy was it a mean one...8 rattles and trying to bite everyone...

Rattlesnake tacos?

 

[PaPaG]

Rattlesnake tacos?

I want to try that one day...I heard it tastes like chicken...

 

[PaPaG]

Someone on PB id'ed the snake...this is not a good one that is for sure.


The often mis-named "Mojave Green" has the most potent venom of any rattlesnake in North America. Its poison is about 16 times more powerful than that of the Sidewinder. They can be identified by their triangular-shaped head and diamond-shaped markings along their body, and of course, rattles. They are brown in color in the lower elevations and darken to a green in the higher regions near the mountains. Their eggs hatch within them so anywhere from 4 to 24 baby snakes are born live in a litter.

The Mojave rattlesnake is the most dangerous of rattlesnakes in the Mojave Desert. Its venom, which it uses to immobilized its prey and defend itself, attack both the nervous system with nuerotoxins and the bloodstream with hemotoxins. It looks similar to a diamondback rattlesnake, having diamond shapes along its back. It?s color will vary from green-gray in higher, mountain elevations, to yellowish tones found more often in the lower portions of it's range. Adults range from 2-4 feet in length. The creosote bush, found in the 2,000 to 4,000 foot elevation is the primary, but not the only habitat of this snake. They feed primarily on small rodents. It will not come looking for trouble, nor will it run from it!

 

[2FORCEFULL]

I want to try that one day...I heard it tastes like chicken...

we were just talk'n about that... the snakes are up in the
canyons, when it floods it washes them in to the river
puts them in a whole new invirerment,, yep, they're scared and pissed off at the same time

 

[Mini Kat]

I want to try that one day...I heard it tastes like chicken...

And I would look like a chicken running!!:slomo:uttahere:

 

[2FORCEFULL]

YouTube- Rattlesnake on the Reef

 

[2FORCEFULL]

heres one at lake mead..

YouTube- real life rattlesnake lake meade nv.

 

[2FORCEFULL]

this is what happens when you cut their head off


YouTube- SNAKE ATTACK without body! Slow Motion!

 

[Old Man Havasu]

Someone on PB id'ed the snake...this is not a good one that is for sure.


The often mis-named "Mojave Green" has the most potent venom of any rattlesnake in North America. Its poison is about 16 times more powerful than that of the Sidewinder. They can be identified by their triangular-shaped head and diamond-shaped markings along their body, and of course, rattles. They are brown in color in the lower elevations and darken to a green in the higher regions near the mountains. Their eggs hatch within them so anywhere from 4 to 24 baby snakes are born live in a litter.

The Mojave rattlesnake is the most dangerous of rattlesnakes in the Mojave Desert. Its venom, which it uses to immobilized its prey and defend itself, attack both the nervous system with nuerotoxins and the bloodstream with hemotoxins. It looks similar to a diamondback rattlesnake, having diamond shapes along its back. It?s color will vary from green-gray in higher, mountain elevations, to yellowish tones found more often in the lower portions of it's range. Adults range from 2-4 feet in length. The creosote bush, found in the 2,000 to 4,000 foot elevation is the primary, but not the only habitat of this snake. They feed primarily on small rodents. It will not come looking for trouble, nor will it run from it!

They call it the "two step snake" get bit two steps your dead.

 

[Wheeler]

Someone on PB id'ed the snake...this is not a good one that is for sure, "Mojave Green"

You cant identify the Mohave Green by the uneven spacing of the bands on the tails. A typical Diamond Back will have an even spacing of the white and black bands on the tail.

 

[Jet-Daytona]

You cant identify the Mohave Green by the uneven spacing of the bands on the tails. A typical Diamond Back will have an even spacing of the white and black bands on the tail.

I will not be checking spacing on tails of any Rattle Snake I ever meet up with.

 

[Gelcoater]

When i was a kid we tent camped all over the place,river,Havasu,Mead,etc.We got rattle snakes 2-3 times over the years,and a few other snakes.He's [my dad]one of those guys who wont kill stuff because he happens to be in their home for the weekend.[I do not share this gene]He would catch em put it in a pillow case and take him to a different cove and let it loose.He said of any rattlesnake he had cought,the Green was the most "lively":grumble:liked to tangle themselves in trees and shit to elude capture.
I'd a shot that bastard and made tacos

 

[PolarBearKing]

They call it the "two step snake" get bit two steps your dead.

Well, that might be a stretch, but never-the-less, I wouldn't mess with 'em.

 

[skipperw10]

I don't care what color it is, if its anywhere near the house, horses, pets or humans its dead...

 

[cave]

That's the 1st Mojave Green I've seen with black and white rings
Most have lighter shading the same color as the rest of their Body. Either way they take care of that nasty hantavirus

Western Diamondback pic

 

[Magnethd]

Buddy of mine killed a big one in High school days. Didn't know how to cook it. Decided to get out the Shake and Bake. Said it tasted great.

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

Should have used snake n bake!

They killed this one up the road from me...big enough?

http://www.news4jax.com/news/21162885/detail.html

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

Check out the shot of his giant fangs! They are just hypodermic needles!

http://www.news4jax.com/image/21159825/detail.html

 

[Tom Brown]

They call it the "two step snake" get bit two steps your dead.

Canada doesn't seem so cold right about now.

 

[Magnethd]

Should have used snake n bake!



:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

Canada doesn't seem so cold right about now.

These snakes are no joke. My dogs got to one before I did. They killed it but one of them died within 12 hours. My remaining two dogs still kill snakes all the time.
It was a water moc, also called a cotton mouth. They are extremely aggressive.

 

[lebel409]

My understanding is that the Mojave green is a cross between the diamond back and the timber rattler. Every rattle snake I've run into was ready to leave ASAP. The Mojave green is supposed to aggressive...plus the duo toxin...

So I'd treat most snakes like an ally...they eat stuff I'm wanting gone like rats and squirrels...unless they come after me, then it's snake tartar.

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

Water mocs are known to slither into the boat after you! The one that killed one of my dogs was coming TO the barking. I was going out to see what all the barking was about and my dogs charged past me when i opened the porch door...I tried to stop them but they are way too strong...3 pit bulls.
They got to the snake and ripped it to shreds and Tori got bit on the foot but Polly got bit bad on her snout and died. The snake must have dumped all of its venom when they ripped it in half.
They saved me from a possibly deadly bite.

 

[500bbc]

They do taste great.
Used to have rattlesnake BBQ's.
Cut 'em in 4" sections and cook them just like chicken. In fact they even look like a chicken back when you grill them but with more meat.

We even kept a few of them in an aquarium at my friends house and caught rats to feed them.

 

[Riodog]

Growing up in the desert, they are nothing new. I took one to high-school way back when an got suspended for it. Some peeps just couldn't take a joke.
fuck-um,
Rio

 

[PolarBearKing]

Canada doesn't seem so cold right about now.

Snake bite vs frost bite. I'm not sure which is worse.

 

[Gelcoater]

Water mocs are known to slither into the boat after you! The one that killed one of my dogs was coming TO the barking. I was going out to see what all the barking was about and my dogs charged past me when i opened the porch door...I tried to stop them but they are way too strong...3 pit bulls.
They got to the snake and ripped it to shreds and Tori got bit on the foot but Polly got bit bad on her snout and died. The snake must have dumped all of its venom when they ripped it in half.
They saved me from a possibly deadly bite.

Ya mean this one?

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

Thats the bastard!

 

[Mandelon]

I had a run in with a little one last year at the King of the Hammers race up in Johnson Valley.

We were just sittin on sandy hill watching the race and a little guy 18-20" popped up out of the ground about a foot from my left hand. I guess we had inadvertantly buried his hole?

A little boy was looking at it face to face, but his dad snatched him up. The rest of us got up pretty quick too!

Someone picked him up with a stick. Mr Rattler got shall we say.....relocated.

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

That one in the pic that Gelcoater posted is not little. It's a water moccasin and that one is average or better in size. They are also more deadly.
If it's got a diamond shaped head I'm gonna kill it, especially water mocs. At least most other breeds just want to distance themselves from ya...the water moc is an aggressive killer and they stand their ground.:skull

P.S. I have open land all around my property and they are everywhere. My dogs kill all breeds....they don't discriminate!

 

[Wheeler]

If it's got a diamond shaped head I'm gonna kill it, especially water mocs. At least most other breeds just want to distance themselves from ya...the water moc is an aggressive killer and they stand their ground.:skull

They are almost as mean as hoop snakes!

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

http://www.photochopz.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=4195

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

We've got these wicked pigfly's down here, too!

http://www.photochopz.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=4209

 

[squirtnmyload]

up in the mountains on my trip to crown king last weekend, i almost ran over a green in color rattlesnake that was laying across the trail. i stopped and backed up a bit and it was all coiled up and ready to party. we got out to get a closer look and it just went away. one of the guys with us wanted to shoot it but i made a case to just let it go. i mean we were out in the middle of nowhere. if it was in the neighborhood or something than thats a different story. i didn't know about mohave greens till i got home and looked it up. it looked nothing like the pic you posted. green in color and no white and black rings on the tail. i was probably at about 4-5000 feet in elevation.

 

[Tom Brown]

These snakes are no joke.

Nobody is laughing here. Well... at least, not at the snakes.

I'm sorry about your dog.

 

[RandyH]

This is one I found below the pool in Scottsdale.:thumbsdown

 

[RandyH]

This is how I remember it when I wake up in a cold sweat. :thumbsdown

 

[Yellowboat]

paging her 454

=)

 

[IGGY]

Nice snake pit...I'm sure it sounded ugly when you appoached.

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

It's cool, Tom and thanks. I never thought that.:thumbsup

 

[Gelcoater]

We've got these wicked pigfly's down here, too!

http://www.photochopz.com/gallery/showfull.php?photo=4209

Those pigflys are big,but hey they taste like......pork

 

[Dave Wettlaufer]

They really are delicious but you need like 4 per person! They're a lotta work!

 

[PaPaG]

up in the mountains on my trip to crown king last weekend, i almost ran over a green in color rattlesnake that was laying across the trail. i stopped and backed up a bit and it was all coiled up and ready to party. we got out to get a closer look and it just went away. one of the guys with us wanted to shoot it but i made a case to just let it go. i mean we were out in the middle of nowhere. if it was in the neighborhood or something than thats a different story. i didn't know about mohave greens till i got home and looked it up. it looked nothing like the pic you posted. green in color and no white and black rings on the tail. i was probably at about 4-5000 feet in elevation.

From what I have been reading, the higher elevation MG's have much more of a green tone to the body...and get more brown as they are at a lower elevation.

 

[squirtnmyload]

From what I have been reading, the higher elevation MG's have much more of a green tone to the body...and get more brown as they are at a lower elevation.

green, brown, yellow or purple..... regardless, i will be keeping my distance. lol

 

[Baja Big Dog]

The worst snakes at Moabi are the owners of Pirate Cove.....

 

[Ultracrazy]

The worst snakes at Moabi are the owners of Pirate Cove.....

:blah:

 

[mrs flyin vee]

Look what we ran into at the motor home and 5th wheel spots at Moabi....just about to go by a bunch of kids and pets.....

And boy was it a mean one...8 rattles and trying to bite everyone...

make me a belt.