The video of the reporter holding the now frozan carcass showed a much smaller snake than they claimed. Looked to me to be between 4.5 and five feet. Actually pretty average for an adult Eastern Diamondback. Did anybody think to use a tape measure? The seven-foot-three was simply estimated/fabricated.



The descrepency in size was explained by the guy who gigged it. He professed that when snakes are frozen, their muscles contract and they're not as big as when they were alive. Wow! The snake was photographed as they always are, extended into the forground towards the camera. Seven-foot-three? Not even close.



Sad to see any eastern killed but most of all I hate the ignorance of the news media and the general redneckedness involved. I thought that $700 for the skin ($100 per foot)was a bit exagerated, too. LOL



Cheers,



Terry Vandeventer

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• FL Press: Massive snake is not largest - W von Papineäu, Mon Oct 12 19:37:33 2009
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• RE: FL Press: Massive snake is not largest - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Tue Oct 13 13:48:42 2009
• RE: FL Press: Massive snake is not largest - varanid, Tue Oct 13 19:49:50 2009
• The snake wasn't that large - tvandeventer, Wed Oct 14 15:45:26 2009
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