In my entire life I've only had 3 Rattlesnakes approaching or exceeding 7' in length. One was an EDB I purchased as a small "blueish" neonate from Craig Trumbower and I sold it to Gary Markley. He had it for a number of years and someone else sold it to the San Diego Zoo and I'm guessing it was right at 7' long. Once I had 2 atrox that likely were a good 7' but didn't have near the bulk of the EDB. One pic of one of those monsters can be seen in Rubio's book on Rattlesnakes. Denny Sebolt at the Snake-a-torium in Panama City Beach, Fl. once got a measured 7' 3" EDB coLlected in Ebro, Fl. A pic of this massive monster can be seen at Alligator Adventure in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He told me this snake weighed over 30 lbs. In all his years there from the early 1950's until the 1990's he seldom got a snake even 6' long he told me. It seems most will reach 5-6' long fairly quick but then the growth seems to slow down dramatically. That snake you have Terry is a TRUE monster and a handsome animal. It is seldom one gets the chance to see a magnificent EDB like that one. I did not see the video and assumed it was a measured snake and I was appalled they killed it. I don't like the fact they killed any snake but a 7' long one would have been even more shamefull....
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Tom Crutchfield

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