My 5 year nephew is currently obsessed with snakes and rattles in particular, I got a bunch of books for him to look at, it's funny hearing him tell me "snake facts" so according to a 5 year old you can pick up the baby's by the tail safty and if the try to bit the neighbors dog will come protect you. Lol.
That would be a good opportunity to teach him that a baby is just as dangerous as an adult. I teach my 2 year old that all snakes are dangerous and will kill her. When she’s older she can learn the nuances of snake conservation and that she can respect them without fear. My 2 year old saw the aftermath of my bulldog getting bit. Whenever a snake is mentioned, she recites the important parts as she remembers it: “Snake bit Brunson. On the eye. Daddy killed it.”
You know in Walton County where I grew up we never saw timber rattlers. Only diamondbacks. You go North of 84 in Alabama and you can’t hardly find diamondbacks. Only timber rattlers.
I thought it was when I saw it on the road. But when I got out I saw it was a baby timber rattler. Compare its stripes to the round patches that pygmy rattlers have. Pygmies have diamonds or round patches, timber rattlers have stripes.
