Question about Texas rattlesnakes!!!

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  1. Canadian_Trucker

    Canadian_Trucker Bobtail Member

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    I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for all the sincere, honest, helpful and freindly advice. Take care everyone and God bless. And while we are on the page of staying vigilant from these reptiles, wasps, insects, scorpions and tarantulas, lets also stay safe from this COVID-19 pandemic by wearing PPE and keeping a safe distance. Stay safe. ✌️
     
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    yellow jackets attack in a swarm.

    they also bite as bad as they sting.

    evil little suckers.

    have seen them grab fly's behind the head and fly off, while I was at a sugar warehouse. carnivores!!
     
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    Worst I ever got was I was on a riding mower going around a palm tree. They love to nest under palm leaves. I reached out and under the leaf to lift and the top of my hand and wrist went into the nest. Eight or nine stings. It was swollen up almost to the size of two for a week. I could not put on a glove for a while. The panic attack is a no crapper for sure.
     
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    the REAL WAY to kill a rattle snake.

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    Haha i was home by myself at the time and had 911 punched into the phone in case all the sudden i couldn't breathe all I had to do was hit call. No neighbors close by
     
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    Stopped at a rest stop in Texas the other day and saw 2 signs there that warned watch for snakes ... I walked around the whole rest stop to stretch and never saw any snakes. I’m afraid of snakes also so I was looking. I would think they would be worse in Arizona ? Seems to me it’s like Florida and alligators , yes you can see them but its extremely rare. But go to California and the amount of drug addicts and homeless people are everywhere everyday all the time off the charts.
     
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    You been living in a bubble?
     
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    Florida has gators, just saying. Sometimes, there's water in every direction.

    Fire ants, and spiders, and I haven't heard about africanized bees lately, but they would not be fun.

    Farm I lived on for 27 or 8 years had been a rattlesnake haven long before I moved on, but a highway built new in the mid 60s caused them to relocate, never saw one in all the time I lived there. Yellowjackets can keep stinging, although depleting it. Paper wasps are bigger and badder than yellow jackets. Nest under eves and inside covers on propane tanks and inside machines(be careful checking inside a twine box or the back of a combine) Bumblebees and honeybees sting once, iirc.

    Coyotes would run across our doorsteps, though.
     
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    If you have a dog be careful walking him or her. I was near Amarillo walking my dog and heard one rattling in the bushes. Never saw it but he was there somewhere. If you encounter them it will likely be in the rural areas, rest stops etc. Also in Texas you got to watch out for scorpions, again mainly walking your dog. I was in a rest area north of Ft Worth and it was full of them...they were kind of a grew color with blue striped. The next time I went through there they had put poison out to get rid of them.
     
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    Dang autocorrect..grey with blue stripes..and had little holes there were living in.
     
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