Posted By: txhunter1010
snake question?? - 10/09/14 03:28 PM
Ok, so I was told by a few people that they have heard/seen of rattlesnakes breeding with chicken snakes, rat snakes.....that the offspring looks like the chicken or rat snake and has no rattles but has fangs and venom....any truth to this? Do different species snakes breed....I know some snakes eat each other..
Posted By: landsurveyor
Re: snake question?? - 10/09/14 03:32 PM
Never heard of this. Looking forward to the replies
Posted By: Kenneth1977
Re: snake question?? - 10/09/14 03:38 PM
Someone's been watching to many si fi movies i think , never would or could happen.
Posted By: Navasot
Re: snake question?? - 10/09/14 03:50 PM
They would kill each other before the deed could be done
Posted By: Navasot
Re: snake question?? - 10/09/14 04:02 PM
Reptiles are good about keeping their heritage in line... they have a very strict genetic code and would have to be almost the same snake just a different form of it or genotype I think the word is... it can happen but usually when they are in captivity. Snakes are not really social animals either so its a very slim chance it would happen in the wild.
But to answer your question no venomous snakes cannot breed with non venomous snakes...
Posted By: Sneaky
Re: snake question?? - 10/09/14 04:07 PM
Somebody has been yanking your chain, big time.
I like it. I'm going to start pulling this on a few people I know.
Posted By: hook_n_line
Re: snake question?? - 10/09/14 04:08 PM
i saw a copperheadedrattlemoccasin once.
The only interbreeding I've seen in snakes species North America has been in kingsnakes. And that's between very closely related subspecies. To answer your question, it's impossible for a pitviper (rattlesnake) to breed with a colubrid (rat snake).
Posted By: yeti2009
Re: snake question?? - 10/09/14 05:44 PM
Too genetically diverse to breed.
Posted By: txhunter1010
Re: snake question?? - 10/09/14 09:00 PM
yeah I mean I almost told the women she was being silly but I just chuckled and changed the subject
Posted By: BadLander
Re: snake question?? - 10/10/14 12:41 AM
I've tried it in my drunken younger years it can be done!!!!
Posted By: Ramsey
Re: snake question?? - 10/10/14 04:11 AM
Not true, it is extremely rare for different rattlesnake species to reproduce they are too different genetically.
Posted By: 4dog
Re: snake question?? - 10/13/14 11:25 AM
See...thete ya go a woman told ya this ...shoulda known bettet...lmbo