Rattler by photosynthesis
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My wife discovered this young rattlesnake in our tool shed this morning. As much as I hate to kill any living thing, I didn't feel that my wife & I & our two cats would be safe with it around, so sadly I killed it right after I took this photo (one of our neighbors was bitten on the leg by a baby rattler a couple of years ago & spent 3 very painful days in intensive care)...
Comments (16)
roguetographer
Beautiful but deadly!
mtdana
Necessary to to protect your family!
Faemike55
and it is the babies that are the deadliest in that they cannot control the amount of venom they inject Very beautiful photo and yes, a shame it had to die
giulband
WOW !!! Absolutely wonderful captured !!!!!!!!!!!!!
durleybeachbum
We are lucky in the UK that we only have one snake with any venom and they are more scared of us than the other way round.
blinkings
God mate! Did you shoot it? Great shot.
photosynthesis
No, I smashed it with the edge of a shovel - it was very quick, just took a couple of seconds.
jayfar
A super shot and better to be safe than sorry.
Juliette.Gribnau
superb capture
MrsRatbag
Sad to kill it, but I agree, better it should not be around to threaten you. Wonderful capture!
Hendesse
An excellent shot. Such a visitor I also wouldn't like to have. Fortunately, there are in Germany only harmless snakes.
auntietk
Yeah ... you can't have these lurking around. It's a beautiful creature, and a marvelous photograph.
UVDan
What a great shot!
pimanjc
Wise choice to eliminate the snake.
irisinthespring
Awesome capture and better him then any of your family, right choice!
anahata.c
your photo is actually a tribute to the amazing beauty of the creature. No questions about having to kill it, it can be deadly; and as it lurks in secret places, you don't have much of a choice. The photo shows how well it blends into its environs, and its amazing ability to curl itself upon itself. Fine photo, as if you'd studied it a while and posed it, which of course you didn't or couldn't. Fine work on a beautiful creature.
danapommet
Beautiful markings and photo - also a just extermination!