# Does a rattlesnake really smell like watermelon?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 9, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-rattlesnake-really-smell-like-watermelon/212164 "2003-11-09T02:28:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![dimmy\_derko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dimmy\_derko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimmy_derko)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-rattlesnake-really-smell-like-watermelon/212164/41 "2012-11-24T11:58:07Z")

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> [@Blackdragon](#):
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> Of course they do, all members of the animal kingdom smell like a fruit. Frogs, lime. Koalas, kiwi. Penguins, banana. Antelopes, apple. Unicorns, pomegranate. And so on. 😛

Nobody else has done it yet, so let me be the first to say that this is the best response EVAH to the question “Does a rattlesnake really smell of watermelon?” and I’ll salute you, even if nobody else did.

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**Author:** ![Freakenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b782af/32.png) [@Freakenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freakenstein)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-rattlesnake-really-smell-like-watermelon/212164/42 "2012-11-24T17:59:33Z")

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> [@Napier](#):
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> Around here, it is said that water moccasins smell like cucumber. I don’t know if it’s true or not. Anybody else heard this?

No, moccasin snakes smell like feet. So whenever You sense that smell, RUN!

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