ENORMOUS Crotalus Atrox

[C.ADAMANTEUS]

Hey all,
A friend sent me this picture of an 8 ft. 76 pound Western Diamondback. You can see the weight is bending the hook.
I dont like how proud the redneck looks for gaffing the snake though.

Comments Plz
Rick

[thunder]

that is incredibly sad to see such a magnificent animal killed. at least we can assume that because of its size it lived pretty long and probably produced offspring, so its not completely gone from the gene pool. ive only ever seen 2 others that came anywhere near that size, tho they werent measured so i dont know how close.

[C.ADAMANTEUS]

If that isnt the largest one ive seen, its the second for sure.
Ive only seen one other comparable sized Atrox before.
Have seen larger C. adamanteus before thogh.
Rick

[DataRipper]

Yeah I would like to cetch him do that..my guess is that it was in a barn of his or somthing but that would be a wonderful snake to own..

[Siretsap]

You sure it was killed? Cause he is holding him with the hooks that have pliers at the end.

[C.ADAMANTEUS]

Siretsap, you may be right.
At first i thought it looked to be penetrating the snake. But his R hand is definately squeezing.
Dunno.......Rick

[Siretsap]

The shape the snake is in, seems to be fed quite often, prob not something you would see in the wild. I think it's his pet...

[KrokadilyanGuy3]

Considering the depth perception and the such, I highly doubt the animal is eight foot, much less 75 pounds. I would maybe say this beast is banking around 6 foot.Zane

[Brent Strande]

If the snake weren't alive, I think that it'd be hanging in more of a straight line 'limp' position.

WOW, either way, that is one helluva snake!

[C.ADAMANTEUS]

Originally posted by KrokadilyanGuy3
Considering the depth perception and the such, I highly doubt the animal is eight foot, much less 75 pounds. I would maybe say this beast is banking around 6 foot.Zane

I may question the 8 ft, but its bigger than six for sure, I believe the weight also. Have caught many Eastern D.Back in the 7 foot 65-80 lb range, and he looks comparable to them, though hes an enormous Western.
But I dont know for sure without being there.
Rick

[Ontario_herper]

There's no way the snake is 76lbs...

8' boas don't even weigh that much

[ATBlover]

yea its not 76 pounds...a retic or burm that long isnt even that much...a 12 foot retic is like that much...and im pretty sure its not dead..it would be straignt unless it is stil sturrgling..but thanks for sharing ur pic...Connor

[Jeff_Favelle]

That snake is being held with a grabber (like the ones Mark O'Shea uses). At least that what it appears to be.

[Jayson]

It looks like photoshop to me, and a poor job at that. where is the bottom jaw of that animal grabber.

[Asian Jon]

That image isn't photoshopped. The angle of the pic doesn't allow you to see the other jaw of the grabber...

Edit: I think if you look really, really carefully, you can see a bit of it...