Now that's a snake! Is if fake?

This is making its rounds on the internet... I thought I would post it in case some of you haven't seen it yet.

St. Johns County Sheriff, St. Augustine, Florida

This is why you shouldn't go looking for the golf balls hit 'Out of
Bounds' in Florida!!!

THIS IS NOT A PYTHON!

This is a 15 foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake - the largest ever
caught on record, in fact.

This snake was found Near the St. Augustine outlet, in a new KB homes
subdivision just south of Jacksonville FL.

A little research revealed the following:

One bite from a snake of this size would contain enough venom to kill over
40 full grown men.

The head of this snake alone is larger than the hand of a normal sized
man.

A bite from those fangs would be comparable to being stabbed by two
curved, 1/4 inch diameter screwdrivers.

The knife being used to draw out the fangs for the bottom picture has a
blade around 6 inches long.

This snake is estimated to have weighed over 170 pounds. (How much do you
weigh?)

Notice the girth of this snake as compared to the cop's leg in the first
picture (and he is not a small man).

A snake of this size could easily swallow a 2 year-old child (and dogs,
pigs, etc).

A snake this size has an approximately 5 1/2 foot accurate striking
distance. (The distance for an average size rattlesnake is about 2 feet.)

This snake has probably been alive since George Bush Sr. was President.

Now just ask yourself these questions: What has this snake been feeding
on and where are its offspring?