I used to work at Will Rogers State Park near Los Angeles and maybe 50% of the Southern Pacific rattlesnakes I've encountered would rattle when approached. I came about 1 ft from stepping on one and getting bitten, it remained silent and motionless even after my foot landed right next to it. It makes sense to me though, the ones that don't rattle aren't detected by humans and destroyed, the ones that do are removed from the gene pool
I saw some pretty big ones in Thousand Oaks where I grew up. The babies where there too. A fascinating moment was when I found a californian kingsnake in the process of devouring a southern pacific rattlesnake which was almost as big as the kingsnake itself! I'm living in the Netherlands now and I really miss the Californian wildlife!
Do you still have the southern pacific rattler? How is he/she doing? I just acquired a neonate southern pacific last week. Its my first hot snake although iv been learning and researching hots for many years.
Saw an adult on the Pine Valley Creek trail near San Diego. Was sitting there RIGHT WHERE PEOPLE WALK. Very dangerous spot luckily I saw it before I stepped on it.
I used to work at Will Rogers State Park near Los Angeles and maybe 50% of the Southern Pacific rattlesnakes I've encountered would rattle when approached. I came about 1 ft from stepping on one and getting bitten, it remained silent and motionless even after my foot landed right next to it. It makes sense to me though, the ones that don't rattle aren't detected by humans and destroyed, the ones that do are removed from the gene pool
I live in San Diego and these snakes come not just in black and grey but brown and dark green.
Seen both colors in the wild
I saw some pretty big ones in Thousand Oaks where I grew up. The babies where there too. A fascinating moment was when I found a californian kingsnake in the process of devouring a southern pacific rattlesnake which was almost as big as the kingsnake itself! I'm living in the Netherlands now and I really miss the Californian wildlife!
I have a pet southern pacific and he is very green so that may be the reason, they seem to come in many different colors
Are they really dangerous like people say
@@tientrinh943 they’re venom definitely is, but they will almost always back down from you
Do you still have the southern pacific rattler? How is he/she doing? I just acquired a neonate southern pacific last week. Its my first hot snake although iv been learning and researching hots for many years.
@@Hogstrictors yeah I still have him, I post him on my animal account @kashswildlife
@@Hogstrictors just be careful with them, the sopacs have an insane venom
Some have a bit more yellow
Why do they call them southern Pacific?
They are found in southern California which is situated next to the Pacific ocean. Southern (part of CA) Pacific Rattlesnake
Saw an adult on the Pine Valley Creek trail near San Diego. Was sitting there RIGHT WHERE PEOPLE WALK. Very dangerous spot luckily I saw it before I stepped on it.
I saw one of these on the east coast. Is that possible
Not a copperhead? For sure a rattler? That’s nuts
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