101. ENature: Ask An Expert I have looked at pictures on the internet of Timber Rattlers and Eastern Could this have been a rattle snake or are there snakes that mimic rattle http://www.enature.com/expert/expert_show_question.asp?questionID=10140

102. Palaver From Persimmon Crossing -- SSSSSSSSnakes Said snake turned out to be a rattler, about seven feet in length, 35 pounds orso and with 18 very impressive rattles. It appeared to be chilled and http://www.progress.org/archive/faulk19.htm

Palaver from Persimmon Crossing with Warren Faulk SSSSSSSSnakes Few are neutral when it comes to snakes. They apparently have been around forever and may well outlast all the rest of us. If you tell a snake story to anyone connected with or remotely interested in the outdoors you'll get one or more in return. Percentage wise, they probably have more enemies than friends and I am afraid of them but I fool around with them anyway. I'll begin with a small incident and work my way up. You can fit your stories in between mine and we'll see who runs out of yarns first. I was about nine or so when I had my first snake encounter. I had this place called " The Swamp" where a couple ditches ran together creating a marshy habitat for a wide variety of plants and animals. It was a great place to net minnows and gig frogs. As a reflex action I gigged a moccasin that was in the act of striking at me. I caught it right behind the head with one tine of a three tine gig ... and took it all around the block showing it off until Mama caught me and put an end to my reign as Tarzan or whatever role I was playing. A year or so later I was at summer camp on a salt water bay. I was swimming with a group when a moccasin appeared just a foot or two away from me. I swam to shore with the snake gliding along right on top of me. All these decades later I still have trouble believing I wasn't bitten. I suppose the snake was just taking the most direct route to shore as I was.

103. The Belled Viper Even hunters of timber rattlers now admit that these snakes are shy, placid and very fragile. From Smithsonian Magazine, Vol 28 number 9. http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues97/dec97/viper.html

document.write(''); 1 mb MOV movie 1 mb AVI movie Courtesy Pennsylvania Wild Resource Conservation Fund American Pit Vipers The Belled Viper One day recently, Curt Brennan used a stick to part some laurel branches in the mountains of northern Pennsylvania. He knew just what he was looking for. Instantly, a harsh insect-like buzzing filled the air, and what looked like a pile of leaves began to move. More than two dozen timber rattlesnakes were basking in the hazy sunshine, heaped in an area the size of a card table. Twenty years ago, Brennan would have been wading into the melee, snatching snakes with his hook and stuffing them into collecting bags, flushed with the danger and excitement of rattler hunting. But Brennan has undergone a change of heart. Finding that snakes are easily injured by the rough handling they receive in capture and seeing that timber rattlers are disappearing from their former haunts, Brennan has become an eloquent spokesman for the snakes, even writing a book, Rattler Tales from Northcentral Pennsylvania , about his conversion from hunter to advocate.

104. Picayune Item: Mississippi News Near The Gulf: News Eastern timber rattler finds defenders in the northern range With no reportsof snakecyclist incidents in the Tongue Mountain Range above Lake George, http://www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2005/07/23/news/22rattlers.txt

http://www.picayuneitem.com Updated daily by 2 p.m. CST Site last update: Sunday, September 25, 2005 Serving Southern Mississippi Since 1904 September 25th, 2005 Top Ads Special Sections Tuesday, August 30 Thursday, Sept. 1 Friday, Sept. 2 Saturday, Sept. 3 ... Fanfare 9-15-05 Online Forms Subscribe Place an Ad Letter to the Editor Engagement Announcement ... Wedding Announcement Bonus Features National News Guestbook Stocks Entertainment ... Health News Eastern timber rattler finds defenders in the northern range Saturday, July 23, 2005 4:59 PM CDT WESTPORT, N.Y. (AP) - The ponytailed environmentalist hiked down the ridge, over the gray rocks and matted brown leaves, stopped among the hardwoods, and said, "Right down the side, it's prime country here." Ethier was out of luck on a day of overcast skies and temperatures in the mid-50s, probably still too cool for the snakes. State wildlife officials estimate New York has 3,000 to 6,000 rattlesnakes left, mostly around the Hudson Highlands and a dozen Adirondack dens. "There are so few statewide, we feel that losing one or two to a mountain bike would be a tragedy," explained John Sheehan, the council's spokesman. With more than 1,000 miles of trails and primitive roads already open to mountain bikes in the park, the group sees no need to add "recreational conflicts" to the rattlesnake's diminishing range.

105. Black-footed Ferret Recovery Program - Snake Rattlers may live 1825 years. This snake s most obvious and well known The snake adds a new ring each time it sheds, and since rattlers shed from 3 to http://www.blackfootedferret.org/pp-snake.html

Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) As its name implies, the prairie rattlesnake is found on the grasslands of North America. Rattlers may live 18-25 years. This snake's most obvious and well known feature is the rattle, consisting of loose-fitting rings of dried keratinized skin at the end of the snake's tail. When the rattler vibrates its tail, the separate pieces knock together, creating the rattling sound, which can be heard for several yards. It can vary the speed of its rattle and the sound, depending on the degree of annoyance it is experiencing. The snake adds a new ring each time it sheds, and since rattlers shed from 3 to 5 times a year, even a young snake may have a very long string of rattles. Rattlesnakes give birth to live young. The males are territorialthey don't like to find other males in their hunting area. When two males meet, they neck-wrestle to determine who will stay. Prairie rattlers are often found in prairie dog burrows which they use to escape extreme heat or cold and to hunt other animals using the burrows for shelter. Rattlers gather in these underground burrows to sleep through the winter. During this period of hibernation, their body processes slow down so much, they don't need to eat. Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Implementation Team Web site Design

106. East Bay: Naturalist Says Humans Needlessly Rattled By Rattlesnakes Research by other snake experts points to evidence that rattlers exhibit otherbehaviors not commonly associated with limbless, coldblooded creatures, http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/07/29/EBGSLDKVU9

107. Rattlesnakes In Pennsylvania's State Forests In an ambush posture typical of Pennsylvania rattlers, the snake positions itshead on the surface of a downed snag or fallen branch, often used as runways http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/wildlife/rattlesnakes.aspx

Forestry Recreation Forest Health Private Forest Landowners ... Contacts Rattlesnakes in Pennsylvania's State Forests Rattlesnakes in Pennsylvania State Forests - Brochure - Adobe pdf (235 Kb) Pennsylvania's State Forests - Timber Rattlesnake Habitat Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Bureau of Forestry's 2.1 million acres of State Forest lands provide the largest blocks of timber rattlesnake range remaining in the Northeastern states. These forests are managed according to the principles of ecosystem management, with the realization that all the different species must be present to sustain a healthy, functioning forest. The presence of timber rattlesnakes is one of the components that gives a wild flavor to State Forest land. The largest populations of timber rattlesnakes occur in the remote, heavily forested regions of Pennsylvania. Worldwide, the importance of venomous snakes is being recognized not only for their role as both predator and prey but for their medical value. Recent promising breakthroughs in treatments for hypertension, heart attack, and cancer are attributed to snake venom research. Persons who hunt, capture, kill, or possess timber rattlesnakes must have an Individual Timber Rattlesnake Hunter and Rattlesnake Possession Permit.

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