eulogies Aren't Only For Funerals. With its -logy ending, eulogy means literally something like good speech. We are told to speak only good of the dead, but a eulogist actually makes a speech in the dead person's honor--or often instead for someone living, who might actually be there in the audience.
3) This snake is unlikely to be 24 feet long. It is a lot closer to the camera than the back-hoe so our perception of size is skewed. My guess is the snake is 10-12 feet long. Still a big snake. 4) Bladen County, North Carolina isn't exactly ground-zero for giant rattlesnakes. The world's largest species of rattlesnake (up to about eight feet long), the Eastern Diamond-back Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), is known from North Carolina (see range map); historically they occurred in the coastal regions.
The more proper name for the Canebrake Rattlesnake, now, is the Timber Rattlesnake, but I prefer the original name, despite what scientists have done to prove otherwise. This beautiful snake is found in the northernmost portion of Florida, within about 75 miles of the Georgia line, across the entire width of the state. This is a large rattlesnake, up to a bit beyond 6 feet, averaging around 4 feet. Ground color is from pale grayish brown to pinkish buff. The pattern consists of dark brown to black V-shaped cross bands, with a russet stripe down the centerline of the back. They also have a broad, dark stripe angling back from the eye.