On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 20:56:26 +0000 (UTC), Danny D
wrote:

Grandkids just found this baby outside by their skateboards:
http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13218290.gif

Can you tell if it's a rattler or a gopher snake?

I don't want to hurt a gopher snake - but I can't see the eyes.
Will try to get a better shot ...

Danny,

Kill that snake RIGHT now. Shoot it. Rattlers can bite you because
they reach out and coil back, longer than the body length.

This is a venomous viper, rattler. Vipers have a head shaped like a
triangle

Nevada has one that looks the same, said as one of most deadly
rattlers in the country. (we have other rattlers)

Is THIS snake there to eat the rats you have in the pool heater?

Kill it or CALL an expert. Hide the children!!

Do not fu ck around with this snake.

It should have bit you when you took the photo.