How to Use timber rattlesnake in a Sentence

timber rattlesnake

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• Now, the blond timber rattlesnake is safe in captivity, and soon the public will be able to see it.
  — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
• The reptile was found in a nest where a timber rattlesnake recently gave birth.
  — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2019
• According to wildlife experts, the timber rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in New York with a record length of 74 ½ inches.
  — Fox News, 22 June 2018
• The canebrake or timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a big, heavy-bodied snake that can grow to 6 feet in length.
  — Mandi Albright, ajc, 26 Apr. 2022
• There’s no good way to be surprised by a timber rattlesnake, but one of the worst might be finding one on the door handle of your vehicle.
  — Tribune News Service, al, 26 Aug. 2021
• In fact the Badger State has two native rattlesnakes, the eastern massasauga and the timber rattlesnake.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
• The timber rattlesnake, also called the canebreak rattlesnake, is the most common of the three rattlers found in Alabama, and can be found in all 67 counties.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2022
• The timber rattlesnake is larger than the massasauga and is typically marked with dark bands rather than blotches.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
• Gibbs says police also found a gun in the console and a terrarium in the backseat containing a pet timber rattlesnake.
  — USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
• Two employees at the organization spotted the reptile in a nest where a timber rattlesnake was giving birth late last month.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2019
• Despite its scientific name — Crotalus horridus — the timber rattlesnake is a beauty, with a banded body and black tail.
  — Star Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
• An upstate New York man trying to jump-start his car was greeted by an unusual sound coming from his engine — the rattle of a venomous timber rattlesnake.
  — Fox News, 22 June 2018
• In New York, a man trying to jump start his car was surprised to encounter the telltale sound of a venomous timber rattlesnake curled up on the battery, according to the Associated Press.
  — Scott Berson, charlotteobserver, 21 June 2018
• Getting mauled by a bear, bitten by a timber rattlesnake, or attacked by a shark is something entirely different.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 14 Apr. 2020
• Two species of rattlesnakes inhabit Wisconsin: the timber rattlesnake and the eastern massasauga.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
• Called Snake Acres, the area is filled with timber rattlesnakes, and these have come into contact -- and bitten -- humans and pets, outdoor magazine Outside Online reported.
  — Fox News, 14 June 2019
• Some encounters were with potential deadly snakes, like when a Mississippi woman saw the very rare blond timber rattlesnake.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2021
• The diamondback and timber rattlesnake can both be found in the southern part of the state, but diamondbacks tend to be in drier, more upland areas–especially longleaf pine forests.
  — Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 25 Apr. 2023
• In an interview Wednesday, Bender identified the reptile as a timber rattlesnake, one of two types of venomous snakes in Massachusetts.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• Hunting timber rattlesnakes is an oddity in Pennsylvania because unlike, say, deer or ducks, few snakes are killed.
  — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
• Nature, thankfully, had balanced out a timber rattlesnake’s formidable fangs with a simple and loud warning system on its tail.
  — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
• Two New Jersey herpetologists exploring an area known for its timber rattlesnakes stumbled across a rare find: a newborn two-headed rattlesnake slithering across the ground.
  — NBC News, 6 Sep. 2019
• The licensed season for timber rattlesnakes and northern copperheads, one of Pennsylvania’s other venomous snakes, runs from the second Saturday in June until the end of July.
  — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
• The two venomous snake species found in Connecticut (timber rattlesnake and eastern copperhead) are not widely distributed, and most people are unlikely to encounter a venomous snake around their home.
  — Hartford Courant, 30 July 2022
• Copperheads, timber rattlesnakes and eastern massasauga rattlesnakes are the three species of venomous snakes in Pennsylvania, according to the Fish and Boat Commission.
  — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 19 June 2019
• One of the first hints that yet another fungal disease that could devastate wildlife was emerging in the United States came in 2006 with a report that an isolated winter den of timber rattlesnakes in New Hampshire had suffered a population crash.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
• According to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, only two of the 14 native snake species found in the state are venomous – the northern copperhead and timber rattlesnake – and neither have widespread distributions.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022
• The species also occupy very different habitats, with the timber rattlesnake primarily an upland snake and the massasauga more associated with wetlands.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
• And of those six, experts say snakebites from only three — the timber rattlesnake, Eastern diamondback and cottonmouth — are realistically threatening.
  — Mandi Albright, ajc, 26 Apr. 2022
• Vickery Eckhoff, great-granddaughter of the original owner, clearly remembers her introduction to timber rattlesnakes.
  — James McWilliams, Outside Online, 10 June 2019

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024