Canada rule

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Nah last one grab by neck lift up the body tuck it under arm and you got free dinner

You've never picked up a pissed off Canada, I gather. I have, it's distressingly difficult to finish them off by wringing their necks, not to mention them trying to kill you as you do it.

Don't just squeeze. Use it's body like a club.

Grab the fucker by the neck and use him against his friends. Fuckin hate Canada geese.

They're pretty heavy to go flailing around, especially when they're flapping their wings trying to hit you. They're big. But so tasty.

7-14lbs isn't that heavy but I'll admit with it trying to fight back it'd take a bit of effort but I have no doubt the average human could produce enough force to swing it hard enough to at least break it's neck.

Might not be flailing it around but it should still be enough for one good whack

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Ok, but what do I do if I encounter all 4 at the same time?

You freeze and walk away slowly for your life being as loud as possible.

Ah, the ol' slow scream. Works good on scientologists too.

Rattlesnakes can only strike half their body length, just fyi. For big ol' 6 foot monsters, that's 3 feet. And, the ones on the western side of North America just want to be left alone. From what I've seen, you'd have to be practically trying to get bit by them, like obliviously step on one with earbuds blasting. Seems like even a little awareness is plenty to keep you from ever having to fear.
Have heard Eastern rattlesnakes are more aggressive, but don't have any experience with them.

Yeah unlike the black mamba, where nature turned the words “fuck you” into a creature

I live in the southeast and work with snakes on the side (volunteer work and relocating them). Eastern Diamondbacks are a very defensive but nothing to worry about. Pygmy Rattlesnakes are the same way. Timber Rattlesnakes are the odd ball. They're placid to a fault. Overall, the same rules apply as with all North American snakes. Keep your distance, leave it alone, and you have nothing to worry about.

We have rattle snakes up here?

I've seen a couple on a few hikes in the Alberta Badlands.

The only time I’ve ever personally seen a wild rattlesnake was in Ontario. The massasauga rattler exists in the area and is also venomous

Oh dang. Suppose I won't see one crawling around young st anytime soon but still growing up in a tiny farm town in southern ON I only, very rarely, saw a gardener. I assumed that's we had.

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