Florida Surprise

Found just south of Jacksonville...

Near the St. Augustine outlet, in a new KB homes subdivision.

15 foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake. Largest ever caught on record.

 

After seeing this, I did a little research, and learned the following:

 

One bite from a snake this large contains enough venom to kill over 40 full grown men.

 

The head alone is larger than the hand of a normal sized man.

 

This snake was probably alive  when George H. W. Bush was President.

 

A bite from those fangs would equal being penetrated by two  1/4 inch screwdrivers.

 

A snake this size could easily swallow a 2 year-old child.

 

A snake this size has an approximately 5 and 1/2 foot accurate striking distance. (The distance for an average size Rattlesnake is about 2 feet)