#there are actually about 4 different types of rattlesnakes in Iowa but they're all rare

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Here's a large timber rattler my uncle found on the family property in central Iowa

#there are actually about 4 different types of rattlesnakes in Iowa but they're all rare #what's disturbing is that we all wander through these woods often and never figured we'd see one but hey now we know #also my uncle didn't kill this fella it got tangled in the fencing and netting outside of his quail enclosure and died #timber rattlesnake #snake #iowa