Posted on 10/13/2021 3:24:36 PM PDT by rey
It’s not uncommon for Sonoma County Reptile Rescue director Al Wolf to receive a call from a resident about a snake or two in their home.
But even Wolf was surprised to discover nearly a hundred rattlesnakes underneath a Santa Rosa home on Oct. 2.
He has led the Sebastopol-based nonprofit reptile rescue organization for more than 30 years and this was the first time he’d seen so many in one house, he said.
Wolf used 24-inch snake tongs to remove 22 adult rattlesnakes and 59 babies and relocate them to areas where they’re welcome.
“I go to specific areas where people request them and give them a new home,” he said.
Although there were a decent number of adults, seeing so many young snakes is what impressed Wolf the most
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Yeah. NO!
I suspect those requesting rattlesnakes must like rattlesnake meat.
” 24-inch snake tongs”
I wonder if even 48” would make me feel outside the strike zone.
There would be no rats entering that house.
I say, let them stay.
I have a hard time wrapping my old head around, “ relocate them to areas where they’re welcome”.
I have never in my near 80 years found a place where Rattlesnakes are welcome.
You’re probably right about rattlesnake meat. Snake meat tastes fine, I hear.
Wouldn’t touch it with the proverbial 10-foot pole.
Gasoline, match. House becomes collateral damage…
Hmmm, plenty more rattlesnakes in congress.
I love Ernest movies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmfH2A7Iz6g
Official Ernest: Ernest Saves Christmas- Ernest’s Snake Farm
i’d definitely like to see the list of all places that want rattlesnakes
Send them to the White House.
After Al cleans out the rattlesnakes from a home he hands the owner a card for the Sonoma County Rodent Rescue and tells them to hang onto it for about a year.
Snakes have very different boundary issues than us human. lol. I'm always amazed when I see them so intertwined and on top of one another. I'd feel claustrophobic. But they probably feel very safe and clear about who's who and what's what. Fascinating species.
It’s California. If it were Texas it would be part of a rattlesnake roundup and the rounded up would be lunch
lol. So true!!!
“...remove 22 adult rattlesnakes and 59 babies and relocate them to areas where they’re welcome...”
Blue Cities’ Ghettos?
That's where they come from.
YUCH!!!!
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