6-Foot-Long Rattlesnake Captured Underneath New Orleans Deck

Animal wranglers pulled a 68-inch-long canebrake rattlesnake out from underneath a deck in New Orleans, after it had taken shelter there during a rainstorm. The canebrake rattlesnake is one of only a few rattlesnake species native to Louisiana, and this one was a particularly large specimen, according to Hannah Lawing of Gulf Coast Wildlife Removal, which captured the snake. Lawing noted that the snake, which had to be killed because of its aggressive nature and venomous bite, had 13 rattles on its tail.