This canebrake rattlesnake was too close to the farm workshop at Okra Paradise Farms, so I used a hoe to put it in a cardboard box and took it far away.

Snake, hoe, box 2023-03-21

How? I show the snake a hoe. It either gets in the box with a nudge from the hoe, or it gets in the box in two pieces.

Here’s a video playlist:
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It’s hard to see a Crotalus horridus in oak leaves. But you can hear it.

Snake in oak leaves

The dogs discovered it, and Gretchen herded them and children into the farm workshop.

Movie: Mad snake (35M)

Movie: Closeup mad snake (26M)

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Snake in box –Gretchen Quarterman

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Movie: Snake likes box now (16M)

Movie: Snake won’t come out of box (5.2M)

I’d say nine or ten rattles.

Movie: Tossed snake out of box (31M)

-jsq

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