Killing Rattlers


Fear and hatred of rattlesnakes is so widelyspread that the usual reaction of many Floridians is to attempt to kill any rattler that crosses their path. One man is known to have emptied his revolver into a rattlesnake, reloaded, and emptied his gun again. The snake kept moving and crawled away into the bushes. Incidents such as this have created the legend that a rattler will not die until the sun goes down. Actually, it is difficult to kill any snake unless the neurological tissue in its head is destroyed. The tail of a snake may be severely injured, atrophied, or dried up, and yet its front part may reman alive and functioning. This why rolling over a rattler or any other snake with a vehicle does not necessarily kill it. More enlightened though now discourages the deliberate killing of any snakes, includeding the venomous species, all of which have their part in maintaing nature's balance.

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