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Fight Between Two Virginia Rattlesnakes Is A Must Watch

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If there’s one thing you NEVER want to do, it’s get into a fight with a rattlesnake.  Growing up in Texas, you are taught to listen for and fear the sound of that distinctive rattle that warns you that you are too close.  That being said, if  you get the chance to watch one rattlesnake duke it out with another rattlesnake (from a safe distance, of course)?  Hell to the yeah! Check out these two.  If you’ve ever wondered how snakes fight, apparently it’s by using their bodies as weapons against the other.  I guess rattlesnakes are immune to rattlesnake venom?  How does it end?  Check it out below.

#WildlifeWednesday Timber Rattlesnake Combat Dance

While on a hike in Washington County, Justin Harris had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a pair of male timber rattlesnakes engaged in a "combat dance," a highly ritualized competition. The objective of the behavior is to determine which of the two is the dominant male, with the winner usually mating with a nearby female. Males will face each other with their heads and forward part of their bodies raised. Intertwining their necks, each snake will try to push the other to the ground to establish superiority. This behavior has been observed in all three of Virginia's venomous snakes--copperhead, cottonmouth and timber rattlesnake. However, it is a folklore that during this period (mating season) they are more aggressive towards humans. #WildlifeWednesdayVideo courtesy of White Blaze Outdoors

Posted by Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources on Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Thanks the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources for this awesome video of nature in combat.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.

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