#eastern diamondback

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Eastern Diamondback by Lindell Dillon Via Flickr: Rare chance for an "in your face" photo of a venomous snake at the Oklahoma Trails exhibit in the OKC Zoo. Our beautiful world, being passed on.

#rattlesnake #herps #snakes #reptiles #okc zoo #oklahoma #wild oklahoma #eastern diamondback #flickr #lindell dillon #photographer #nature

[the1beardedgent]

Critters of the East Coast Greenway II aka The East Central Regional Rail Trail out of Titusville, Florida to all points east, west, north, and south!

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Cottonmouth

Eastern Diamondback

#snakes #eastern diamondback #cottonmouth #water moccasin #titusville #spacecoast #florida #brevardcounty #centralflorida #cycling #biking #east central regional rail trail #east coast greenway

[svbeev]

#eastern diamondback #snake #rattlesnake #brown #warm

[phant0municorn]

goodbaye 2 dinobot(uninspired) haelooo lucifer<3

#beast wars #transformers #dinoprimal #optimus primal #dinobot #doop #im gonna dump about this au since like excluding the 1-3 and last 2 images like alot of this is almost from like a year ago by now so uh #if ur a FRIEND who has NOT finished beast wars do NOT read im literally gonna ruin some shit 4 u DONT do it. i SWEAR. ok ily bye #maximals and predacons crash land on earth yadda yadda except its 10 times worse they crash land on the wrong time where most of humanity #has already evolved lets say they crash land around 15-16 century or so. idk yet exactly maybe we may never know just know au is gothic #mostly kinda yeah u see op hes a bat and shit but when he was scanning a lifeform while being barely alive because wehn they crashed both #sides almost went up in flames literally and when op was scanning a lifeform he did scan a bat but it was full of parasites and he ended #up scanning those as well. hes like yeah hes a vampire but like not an actual one but just as scary since energon isnt as abundant as time #goes on on earth and its scarce op needs more of it or else he goes feral he has 2 eat the protoforms kinda. lucifer doesnt defect immediat #ely uhh idk if i might make this like a visual novel or something one day if i have the time or energy after a project im alredy working on #well see ok thanks bye #i also wanted 2 redesign db because it always kinda bothered me how like its just him in some western get up. i wanna commit more 2 it and #now hes a diamondback rattle snake(not sure if i want 2 specify eastern or western idk if it matters really) and op kinda like has more of #flea mouth but rins mouth is canon 2 they can coexist<3 ok now byebye #oops made it up on the spot last minute i hate doing refs but the top of lucifers head is his snake skull #i keep forgetting sm shit but also why do they fight whats the point. in the crash both golden discs were destroyed. theyre pissed off as #hell if im going down im taking u with me

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

(Photo from Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Eastern United States

Size (Weight/Length)- 6 kg; 1.5 m

Diet- Small mammals; Birds; Insects

Cool Facts- Being the largest and most venomous rattlesnake in North America, more people die from this snake than any other in the continent. Generally a slow moving hunter, the eastern diamondback rattlesnake basks on open rocks to warm up. After finding a bush or some leaflitter, the rattlesnake will ambush prey and bite it. The snake then follows the scent of the dying prey and swallow it whole after the animal dies. Being an excellent swimmer, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes can swim miles from land and towards oceanic islands in the Gulf of Mexico. Despite being highly venomous, rattlesnakes are often more afraid of you than you are of it. The snake uses its rattle to tell you to back off and it will only strike as a last resort. Best to watch your step and leave these guys alone.

Rating- 11/10 (You hear a rattle, you walk in the opposite direction.)

Animtober- Uh-Oh (Most dangerous snake in North America.)

#Animal of the day #Animals #Snakes #Rattlesnake #Pit viper #Saturday #October 29 #Eastern diamondback rattlesnake #biology #science #conservation #the more you know #Animtober #Inktober #Uh-oh

[bucephaly]

BTW if you haven't already please take a minute to look up what venomous snakes are local to you and familiarize yourself with them

#i joined a local snake ID group recently #before that i knew roughly how to spot a pit viper and hownto tell a coral from a scarlet snake #but i didnt really know how to identify specific species other than copperheads #and now im very confident in my ability to tell water snakes from cottonmouths etc #and it gives really nice peace of mind #like. ive seen so many people here in the us south that will freak out of Any snake #my mom once was yelling and crying trying to get help over a kingsnake on the sidewalk cuz she didnt know if it could kill the dogs #and people will kill snakes if they dont know [and often will anyway but knowing helps foster appreciation] #and now i can see a snake and say thats a coachwhip. isnt it pretty. and will gently grab the back end to look at it for just a second more #before letting it go hide #idk. i saw a rattlesnake in the woods today #and its the first time seeing one in the wild like that. and yea it was scary tbh #and i got a pic but booked it out once it noticed me and reacted #but i wish i had stopped and watched it longer cuz it was super pretty #and i know it wouldnt have bothered me at all #im just glad that we've seen two big full sized diamondbacks here in the past few months. and i know theyre two individuals #because eastern diamondbacks are declining and its good to know theres a population here #idk. im getting sentimental over snakes i just love them #but my main point is its so easy to indentify snakes at least where im at #and learning to id them comes with learning to respect them

[sunfish-exotics]

I really liked this exhibit for the eastern diamondback rattlesnake! It was quite large and was divided to have a forest-y soil / leaf litter / wetland section and a sandy section. I love when zoos (and hobbyists!) provide their animals with lots of choices to make with regards to their environment.

Greensboro Science Center

#reptiblr #venomous #eastern diamondback rattlesnake #rattlesnake

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Tossing and turning in bed plagued by visions (Ed Edgar headcanons that are definitely just me projecting my cowboy ass autistic interest in strange animals onto him bc he too is a strange southern man with autistic swag)

#atlas speaks #i think he keeps exotic animals. not in like a joe exotic tiger king 'I'm raising endangered mammals that could kill me in my bedroom' way #but like. he has a bunch of venomous snakes and weird spiders. his living room is just lined with shelves and shelves of terrariums #i think you see him interact with his strange and dangerous pets and it's like meeting a whole new person #he is so much less of an asshole the second he is looking at a weird bug #i think he would love camel spiders in particular. those fuckers are so weird he'd love it #and bold jumping spiders. bc they're native to where he grew up #you take him out hiking or some sblhit and he starts acting like that guy on tiktok who hunts for pythons in the florida everglades #he's picking up snakes with his bare hands like #'oh yeah this is a black racer! they're totally harmless but they've got a lot of personality ^-^' while it aggressively bites his arm #he tried showing Bim the David Bowie Huntsman once. he's like 'Bowie is a gay icon Bim'll love this' and quickly learns Bim is arachnophobic #he's waving around cane toads like 'oh my god guys look at the poison glands on this thing!!!' #i feel like he'd love eastern hognose snakes too he loves the silly fucking way they play dead #anyways what I'm saying is give him a educational nature show let him do some weird shit out in the wild it's his natural habitat #he's the types of guy to stand barefoot on the asphalt next to a diamondback to get it to cross the road so it doesn't get run over #I'm hoping releasing these thoughts into the world frees me from them so i can sleep lol can you tell #anyways he absolutely handles like black widows and brown recluse with his bare hands like a madman #he would love eel pit guy #anyways this is his one redeeming quality he is still the worst in every other way 👍

[antiqueanimals]

The First Book of Snakes. Written by John Hoke, illustrated by Paul Wenck. 1952.

#reptiles #snakes #rattlesnakes #western diamondback rattlesnakes #eastern diamondback rattlesnakes #prairie rattlesnakes #timber rattlesnakes #pygmy rattlesnakes #sidewinder rattlesnakes #Paul Wenck

[fowlblue]

Some highlights from my museum trip today

#eastern diamondback my beloved... best snake. cutest snake. #it was a lot of fun! #personal #tw snakes

[photographe-a-roulettes]

Crotale diamantin - Il mord sa proie, la relâche et la suit à la trace par l'odorat jusqu'à ce qu'elle succombe à son venin. Il mange généralement des petits mammifères (principalement des lapins et des rats). Il peut également manger des oiseaux ou des grands insectes. Les jeunes s'attaquent plutôt aux souris voire aux lézard.

Lieu : Zoo d'Anvers

#animaux #animals #animaux sauvages #wild animals #photo #photo animalière #zoo #animals photography #reptile #serpent #snake #crotale #crotale diamantin #diamondback rattlesnake #rattlesnake #eastern diamondback rattlesnake

[the1beardedgent]

Critters of the East Coast Greenway aka The East Central Rail Trail from Titusville, Florida to Daytona Beach, or Tampa/St Pete.

Eastern Diamondback

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Cottonmouth

Corn Snake?

Armadillo

Gopher Tortoise

Eastern Box Turtle

Alligator

#snakes #eastern diamondback #cottonmouth #pygmy rattlesnake #gopher tortoise #titusville #spacecoast #florida #brevardcounty #centralflorida #east coast greenway #east central regional rail trail

[whatnext10]

The Remarkable Healing Power of Snake Venom

The Remarkable Healing Power of Venom discusses several ways that snake venom can be used for healing in conventional medicine. It relates how snakes, though scary to many people, can have some amazing healing properties in their venom.

Snakes and snake venom are often associated with danger and fear since everyone knows that snake venom has the power to kill.  But what many people don’t realize is that it also holds incredible potential for saving lives. Behind the venomous fangs of snakes lies a complex chemical cocktail that researchers have been harnessing to develop life-saving medicines and treatments. These are just some…

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#Eastern diamondback rattle snake #Florida snakes #Florida venomous snakes #medicinal uses for natural substances #medicinal uses for snake venom #medicine #nature #nature and medicine #nature photographs #nature photography #photography #rattlesnake #snake photographs #snake photography #snake venom #snake venom and medicine #snakes #venom and medcine #venomous snakes #veterinary medicine

[herpsandbirds]

Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), hatchling, family Emydidae, eastern U.S.

* Diamondback terrapins live in coastal salt marshes along the east coast of the U.S.

Photograph by JKterrapins

#terrapin #malaclemys #emydidae #turtle #reptile #herpetology #nature #animals #north america

[hylass]

Anyway while i was presenting my poster an old guy asked me if i was "comfortable doing fieldwork, like would you be okay going out and catching rattlesnakes" while i was literally wearing my field gear covered in grime from spending that whole morning hiking cliffsides to successfully catch three species of rattlesnakes

#like. are you fucking blind. do you think im dressed like this for fun #sorry i am like fuming tonight about a bunch of small things #like i literally handle eastern diamondbacks over 5ft long on a regular basis fuck right off #if you are an old man at a conference and have a comment you should simply keep your fucking mouth close #unless its 'wow i love your work and would like to talk about x aspect of your results' #those are lovely conversations! not whatever the fuck this sexist microagression was! #personall #em tries to be a real scientist

[theanimalsinmylife]

eastern diamondback rattlesnake

#eastern diamondback rattlesnake #rattlesnake #zoo