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Location DB > United States > Pennsylvania > Breezewood > Pennsylvania Turnpike Tunnels > Leon, KingKong and Gypsy do the tubes > IMG_0657.jpg

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A rattlesnake just East of the Sidling Hill tunnel. Tests with a long stick confirmed it was a rattlesnake. Watch your step if you're walking around.
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Posted by dagnyt 8/17/2010 7:14 PM | remove
  The entire time I lived in PA, I had no idea we had rattlesnakes! Scary. Great pics, btw.
Posted by Samurai 2/26/2011 11:07 PM | remove
  we have them in one spot here in the Adirondacks of NY... Tongue Mountain on the west side of Lake George, Warren County.

Posted by KingKong 9/9/2012 9:28 PM | remove
  Thanks! I had no idea they were in PA either, but then an old timer told me they are in some counties but not others. Scary thing is: I came across this guy when I was just walking around, not paying attention. Its a 13 mile bike ride from this spot back to the car, so if you get bit, you're sol.
Posted by paulpa 9/11/2012 12:22 AM | remove
  ahh... the familiar brown bowtie pattern. didn't know there was a population of these little guys here.
Posted by paulpa 9/11/2012 12:23 AM | remove
  Looks like an Eastern Massisauga, they are dotted throughout the northeast, they have a really specific habitat though.
Posted by fr00tCake 4/8/2021 3:27 PM | remove
  Both right. It is an Eastern Massasauga, which is a sub-species of Rattlesnake that reigns from Mexico to Ontario. It has been decades since one was noted in WI, so I doubt they are still in Ontario either. It WILL eff you up, but it is not aggressive. Most bites are from handling or accidentally stepping on one.
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