Feds consider adding poisonous rattlesnake to endangered species list

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All I'm sayin is that everything has a purpose.......if they didn't they wouldn't be here.And if it wasn't for Conservationist trying to keep them around there wouldn't be none of them around for us to hunt either.

Bingo.

[systemnt]

Actually believe it or not I've probably killed more snakes than most people have.Last Spring I killed 58 rattlesnakes and let just as many go on about their business.I don't kill them if they're out in the middle of nowhere.I've been hunting and catching snakes since I was old enough to even know what they were.I have a healthy respect for them but theres no fear there.I understand that there are people that are scared of them and that's fine.I just don't see a need to kill every snake I find.But that's just how I do things.I aint tellin anyone else not to kill them.

All I'm sayin is that everything has a purpose.......if they didn't they wouldn't be here.And if it wasn't for Conservationist trying to keep them around there wouldn't be none of them around for us to hunt either.

I was just kidding...with regards to saving you...
some people like snakes... i get its... i mean.. i dont get it...but i understand...i mean..i dont understand..but hey whatever
I like them too. Under my shovel.
They do have a purpose.. to scare the bejeebers outta people.
My shovel has a purpose too.
Let the shovel become....

[okrattler]

I was just kidding...with regards to saving you...
some people like snakes... i get its... i mean.. i dont get it...but i understand...i mean..i dont understand..but hey whatever
I like them too. Under my shovel.
They do have a purpose.. to scare the bejeebers outta people.
My shovel has a purpose too.
Let the shovel become....

That's cool too.I'm just on the opposite side of the fence when it comes to being scared of snakes.Never really understood it but it is what it is.

After my brother got his python my mom told him that if it ever got out of its cage the shotgun better be hidden because if it wasn't someone would be buying her new hardwood floors. She falls under the snake hater category too so I can't hold that against anyone.She's so scared of them I don't think she could hit one with a shotgun if she had to.It's hard to hit one with anything when you're runnin in the opposite direction.

[Sippy]

Just as pointless as spending millions to keep the california condor around.

[Legdog]

Just as pointless as spending millions to keep the california condor around.

It's called biodiversity. It's a measure of health of the ecosystem.

[Sippy]

It's called biodiversity. It's a measure of health of the ecosystem.

Thats the thing, the california condor went through such a genetic bottleneck they have no genetic diversity. There is a disease that is effecting them and they cant defend against it (due to the bottleneck). I can promise that if we quit wasting money on these birds (that will go extinct eventually anyways) nobody will even notice a change.


Anyways, back to the snake
BANG!

[Man]

the last one on earth would still feel the cold steel of my shovel... and I would smile about it.. and still smack it 4 more times...then wait 30 minutes to pick it up.

wow...really?

[Pablo]

The diamondback endangered...... please.

That said, a snakelover in our neighborhood informed me that one of the timber rattlers is considered to be endangered and that there is a $20,000 fine.

This was told to me after I told him that we may or may not have killed a rattler along the colorado river outside of columbus...

scheeez mateez

[okrattler]

Thats the thing, the california condor went through such a genetic bottleneck they have no genetic diversity. There is a disease that is effecting them and they cant defend against it (due to the bottleneck). I can promise that if we quit wasting money on these birds (that will go extinct eventually anyways) nobody will even notice a change.


Anyways, back to the snake
BANG!

BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!........scared snake.

[perfectstorm]

I relocate rattlesnakes... to snake heaven.

Bahaha!

[TX_Phil]

Sss

Yep.
What happens in the woods stays in the woods. IF you keep your mouth shut!!

[crittergitter]

next thing you know the government will be wasting money on releasing WOLVES......

[Silent Assassin]

I will only say this once, they want to put species under endanger but they trample, cut down forests, and drive many species out of their own natural habitats. Its oxymoron of them to try regulate so much on civilians but do things themselves as well, including drilling, timbers, and such but just because it register money in their eyes...its okay.

[hopco.boy]

I thought that the eastern timber rattler was already on the list.

[Sippy]

I thought that the eastern timber rattler was already on the list.

it is