During Corkscrew’s Christmas Bird Count yesterday, our Senior Resource Manager came across this beautiful Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) in the backcountry. This is an older individual, but at this time of year, one may across young snakes as females give birth to live young between August and September. This species is ovoviviparous; young are produced by means of eggs hatched within the body of the parent. Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes are one of four venomous species

Happy #SerpentDay! To celebrate, we’re highlighting our newest Tropical Discovery resident: our male eastern diamondback rattlesnake, whose species is North America's longest and heaviest venomous snake. Their average length is 3 to 6 feet but some adults can be as long as 8 feet, and they on average weigh about 10 lbs. If you ever find yourself in the pinelands of Florida, or the coastal plains of North Carolina and southern Mississippi through eastern Louisiana, you could run into their wild c

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