Wow but they are native to this area its amazing to see i hike up there with the boys scouts and joke about the kids sitting on rocks going watch out for a rattler
I saw them back in the sixties in Massachusetts. They are good eating when prepared correctly. Haven't seen one in years. They used to hang out around old boundary walls in the woods. Maybe they are making a comeback. Their eggs can't handle acidic soil and when controlled burns stopped the soil became more acidic because of fossil fuel burning chemical compounds that they produce and eventually end up on the ground when it rains. Controlled burn ash neutralizes acid soil.
Thats cuz ur not familiar with the area. Its in a haven of wildlife completely surrounded by boston and its suburb. Boston suburbs arent like texas suburbs they are pretty urban development wise. The snakes would not do well in such a developed area when they already have a suitable environment where they are. If anything if they could somehow survive to spread out from there that would be a considered a good thing from a scientists perspective but its just not likely to happen
I lived out west and grew up mostly in Boston. I think the claims about this are overly optimistic. I don't think people in Massachusetts are prepared for more encounters with venomous snakes and what that genuinely entrails if efforts to restore the populations are successful. The man from Texas is right!@@notmyname9625
You'd figure someone would have filled the news anchor in the difference between venomous and poisonous
Spotted a couple of rattlesnakes up there over the years.
Also spotted ( almost stepped on ) a Copperhead on the trail to rattlesnake hill.
Pit Vipers take care of a lot rats and other small animals and are very important to the eco-systems we love.
Um, sorry, not lucky to have come within a foot of that monster. Lucky to have seen it and jumped back
Ireland is British land and serpentes are awesome
@@unionofconcernedscientists4642 United States is British land
Wow but they are native to this area its amazing to see i hike up there with the boys scouts and joke about the kids sitting on rocks going watch out for a rattler
I saw them back in the sixties in Massachusetts. They are good eating when prepared correctly. Haven't seen one in years. They used to hang out around old boundary walls in the woods. Maybe they are making a comeback. Their eggs can't handle acidic soil and when controlled burns stopped the soil became more acidic because of fossil fuel burning chemical compounds that they produce and eventually end up on the ground when it rains. Controlled burn ash neutralizes acid soil.
Rattlesnakes are viviparous which means they give birth to live young. They do not lay eggs.
“They’ll stay in the preserve…”
As a Texan I can only point and laugh.
Thats cuz ur not familiar with the area. Its in a haven of wildlife completely surrounded by boston and its suburb. Boston suburbs arent like texas suburbs they are pretty urban development wise. The snakes would not do well in such a developed area when they already have a suitable environment where they are. If anything if they could somehow survive to spread out from there that would be a considered a good thing from a scientists perspective but its just not likely to happen
I lived out west and grew up mostly in Boston. I think the claims about this are overly optimistic. I don't think people in Massachusetts are prepared for more encounters with venomous snakes and what that genuinely entrails if efforts to restore the populations are successful.
The man from Texas is right!@@notmyname9625
The blue hills is surrounded by freeways and busy roads on all sides they’d never make across the roads alive.
@@gothivore277 Animals cross dangerous roads all the time though
And they also get killed all the time though@@Bedrockbrendan
Found a bunch of those skins on a field trip in 3rd grade, this isn’t news.
No thanks