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One more for the good guys.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:01 pm
Saw this fricker in the corner or my patio near a wood pile. i guess getting out of all this rain. He couldnt run far.
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Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:08 pm to CarRamrod
Cottonmouth.
I'm still pissed at my sister a and BIL after I killed one at their house. They jumped on me saying they didn't want any copperheads killed (but that cottonmouths are free game.) I tried telling them that is was a cottonmouth and they both immediately informed me that I didn't know WTH I was talking about.
I mean got-damn, if you are going to tell someone they are wrong, at least be right about it. frickers. It was two against one so I didn't argue much.
I'm still pissed at my sister a and BIL after I killed one at their house. They jumped on me saying they didn't want any copperheads killed (but that cottonmouths are free game.) I tried telling them that is was a cottonmouth and they both immediately informed me that I didn't know WTH I was talking about.
I mean got-damn, if you are going to tell someone they are wrong, at least be right about it. frickers. It was two against one so I didn't argue much.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:09 pm to Mosquito
i thought it was a copperhead, lol. what are the subtle differences?
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:12 pm to CarRamrod
Yeah I was thinking the same thing =-/
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:14 pm to CarRamrod
I honestly couldn't be specific 
They are similar but the markings on cottonmouth are more jagged and I think the yellow on the tail is also a sign.
I just know, okay.
ETA: google tells me the yellow on tail occurs on both species. Looks like cottonmouths are usually redder though (like your pic)...Its all in the contours of the markings.
They are similar but the markings on cottonmouth are more jagged and I think the yellow on the tail is also a sign. I just know, okay.
ETA: google tells me the yellow on tail occurs on both species. Looks like cottonmouths are usually redder though (like your pic)...Its all in the contours of the markings.
This post was edited on 4/25/15 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:20 pm to CarRamrod
Yeah, from the pics online and Wikipedia, it's definitely a juvi cottonmouth. The yellow tail is the indicator.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:22 pm to Mosquito
quote:
They jumped on me saying they didn't want any copperheads killed
Why?
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:22 pm to bhtigerfan
yea the markings arent spreadout enough as im seeing on most copperhead pics. and i read that young cottonmouths will be that redish color like coppers head and turn darker as they age.
Dont care dead snake.
Dont care dead snake.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:28 pm to rattlebucket
quote:
Why?
They are in the camp that doesn't see it useful to kill every snake that slithers. I am in the number as well but cottonmouths meet the criteria of the hit list. Copperheads are quite a pretty animal and along with their bite being the less of any venomous snake in NA and being very docile I will let them be.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:32 pm to Mosquito
quote:shite, you're right. Both juvi species have a yellow tail. Now I'm not sure. Either way, it's a dead poisonous viper. Good riddance.
ETA: google tells me the yellow on tail occurs on both species. Looks like cottonmouths are usually redder though (like your pic)...Its all in the contours of the markings.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:34 pm to bhtigerfan
yea i live on a big neighborhood pond, and i have seen 2 different king snakes around the shoreline. i have left them be. They are failing at there job if this shitbag is slithering around.
This post was edited on 4/25/15 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:37 pm to CarRamrod
quote:They're black snakes, so.....
They are failing at there job if this shitbag is slithering around.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 2:38 pm to CarRamrod
It's a cottonmouth, copperhead juvi's have more of a triangle pattern that is spaced further apart.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 3:00 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
i kind of want to skin it and wrap on on a fishing rod.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 3:16 pm to CarRamrod
baby moccasins and copperheads are almost impossible to tell apart
unless you can get him to smile and open wide
unless you can get him to smile and open wide
Posted on 4/25/15 at 3:34 pm to Mosquito
quote:
Copperheads are quite a pretty animal and along with their bite being the less of any venomous snake in NA and being very docile I will let them be.
Sorry, but you can die from a copperhead bite. May not be as common, but I wouldn't chance it. You must not have young kids around your place. If it were here, it would die with the quickness.
LC
Posted on 4/25/15 at 3:46 pm to bhtigerfan
quote:
They are failing at there job if this shitbag is slithering around.
quote:
They're black snakes, so.....
Bravo, sir
This post was edited on 4/25/15 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 4/25/15 at 3:57 pm to CarRamrod
Here's a pic of a young cottonmouth at my SIL's house. You can really see the copper shade on the snake. She let it live.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 4:10 pm to BobABooey
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She let it live
May God rest her soul.
Posted on 4/25/15 at 5:41 pm to CarRamrod
Juvenile cottonmouth. Greenish yellow tail is common in juveniles
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