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Forrest
 Since 21 Jun 2005 2005 Posts Hood River Hick
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Thu May 15, 2008 9:43 pm Snakes on a Sandbar |
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There are snakes in the kiddie pool, beware! Besides not kiting in shallow water, don't kite in the kiddie pool if you can't survive a bike from a baby rattle snake.
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Nak
 Since 19 May 2005 1341 Posts Camas XTreme Poster
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KidCorporate
 Since 10 Jul 2007 460 Posts
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Thu May 15, 2008 9:58 pm |
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Mmmmmm, tastes like chewy chicken!
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Reaper356
 Since 10 Dec 2006 565 Posts Salem / NewPort Oregon Addicted
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Thu May 15, 2008 10:03 pm |
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| Cute ...
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Pepi
 Since 16 Jun 2006 507 Posts HR local and dedicated Kite Shop Owner
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Thu May 15, 2008 10:14 pm |
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Not good. Baby rattlers are way more venomous than adult rattlers due to their inability to control the amount of venom they release when biting.
Forrest - Did the snake have a heart shaped head, or did they just look like a rattler?
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Kraemer
 Since 24 Apr 2006 1053 Posts Hand Drawn Unicorn Captain
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Thu May 15, 2008 10:30 pm |
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thats no rattle snake
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kyle.vh
 Since 11 Jul 2007 524 Posts pdx Addicted
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Thu May 15, 2008 10:34 pm |
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When I was a senior in college, I tracked a bunch of rattlers' for a biology project. Those are not rattlers, just fyi. They look like garter snakes to me. Many snakes will vibrate their tails in imitation. Baby rattlers do have rattles, plus a distinct viper profile, not streamlined. Hope you were nice to them.
I think you were joking
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terremoto
 Since 03 Sep 2006 1502 Posts Who wants to ride the Moto Mouth
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Thu May 15, 2008 11:32 pm |
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| Snake skin harness would look pretty sweet - or maybe some snake skin board shorts.
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blowhard
 Since 26 Dec 2005 1221 Posts Subsect that mutated and spawned on our own, Windward
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Fri May 16, 2008 6:53 am |
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commomly called Bull snakes
They eat rattlers
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wakeup
 Since 11 Sep 2005 117 Posts always Stoked
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Fri May 16, 2008 7:05 am |
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it did have a diamond shaped head but no rattle
don't recall who said it was a rattler, but i assumed they new what they were talking about
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tinyE
 Since 21 Jan 2006 1525 Posts When I grow up, I want to be an XTreme Poster
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Fri May 16, 2008 7:43 am |
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| blowhard wrote: | commomly called Bull snakes
They eat rattlers |
yup, definately not a rattler... here's what a rattlesnake that you would see in Oregon would look like.
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bulae99
 Since 12 Jul 2006 586 Posts Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germ Instructor
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Fri May 16, 2008 9:14 am That's not a rattler, it's a garter snake |
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I'll tell you where you need to be aware of rattles is at 3 mile. I almost got snapped by a baby there last year. Went to set my sail down and the bush started making that very funny and scary sound.
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Forrest
 Since 21 Jun 2005 2005 Posts Hood River Hick
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Fri May 16, 2008 9:15 am |
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It was definitely an aggressive snake with a diamond/heart shaped head. I think we all just assumed it was a rattlesnake but didn't have a rattle cause it was young.
We were joking about the kiddie pool thing, and pretty sure this guy had an unlucky swim that brought it out to the river.
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DROCK999
Since 31 May 2007 310 Posts Eugene/ Corvallis Obsessed
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Fri May 16, 2008 9:21 am |
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Mark
 Since 20 Jun 2005 2419 Posts I need my fix because I'm a Naishaholic
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Fri May 16, 2008 9:33 am |
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Saw a bigger one of those last tuesday on the trail down from the parking lot. Didn't have a rattler. ( I avoid anyway!!)
Except for the rattler we found in Texas... I wanted to see how fast the rattler was. I got a long stick and put it in front of the snake. The game was to see if I could move the stick before he struck. NO WAY. That snake was lightning fast. That's when I decided to move on to the fire ant mound. Gotta love texas!
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