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Posted on 6/13/12 at 8:47 pm to angus1838
quote:Huh?
Thank you I once again (sorry alxtiger) misidentified a water moccasin
Posted on 6/13/12 at 8:51 pm to angus1838
As the experts said, 100% water moccasin.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 8:52 pm to angus1838
quote:
misidentified a water moccasin
same thing, man...
Posted on 6/13/12 at 9:23 pm to angus1838
Neonate eastern cottonmouth.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 9:27 pm to angus1838
A real moc 
Posted on 6/13/12 at 9:33 pm to angus1838
Can't really tell for sure by the close up pic, but are the eye pupils round or vertical? If they are round, it's non-venomous. If the pupils are vertical, it's definitely venomous. We don't have cotton mouths in the Virginia mountains here, so I couldn't tell you what one looks like. This one doesn't have the markings of a copperhead, imho. We DO have a lot of those...
Posted on 6/13/12 at 9:40 pm to angus1838
Agkistrodon piscivorus, It's a Juvenile Cottonmouth. Juvenile cottonmouths are banded and similar to copperheads. Both juveniles have the greenish yellow tail thought to aid in catching prey. As cottonmouths mature they lose the banded appearance but it can be seen in some larger snakes when the snake are wet. May I suggest a book, "Snakes of North America" by Alan Tennant.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 9:50 pm to FrenchJoe
Young No Shoulders . Moc.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 9:53 pm to Lago Tiger
Had one about that size slither across my son'a foot then go under our tent at Fort Pickens . It was difficult to get it out at night .
Posted on 6/13/12 at 10:00 pm to Lago Tiger
One of the most dangerous snakes in the country and world. Aggressive as the devils dick and don't know how to control their venom.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 10:29 pm to Lago Tiger
quote:
go under our tent at Fort Pickens
now that is a damn scary thought....
Posted on 6/14/12 at 7:20 am to Lago Tiger
You know why there is so many at fort pickens? When it got flooded all the skunks, armadillos, coons, and other rodent animals who eat snakes got washed away. No cars to squish them either. That place was infested the fist few years they were open.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 7:29 am to BFIV
quote:
Can't really tell for sure by the close up pic, but are the eye pupils round or vertical? If they are round, it's non-venomous
Check it out, round pupils..........
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:34 am to Sir Drinksalot
The first lease i ever got into was called Cottonwood. After my first view of the place, I called it Cottonmouth. Place was teaming with them.
2 years later, after a flood, the hogs invaded. No more snakes. Of course, we then had hogs
2 years later, after a flood, the hogs invaded. No more snakes. Of course, we then had hogs
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:52 am to angus1838
quote:
what do ya'll think
The best kind of snake - DEAD!!!! Good job!
Posted on 6/14/12 at 8:52 am to AlxTgr
Hogs will definitely kill and eat snakes. I just wonder if the hogs later perish from envenomation. unless you have the hogs tagged I don't think you would ever know
Posted on 6/14/12 at 9:12 am to angus1838
Both baby copperheads and water mocs have yellow/green tails. FWIW this is why chartreuse tailed plastic worms work so well in the spring.
The spots give this one away as a baby water moc.
Kill/crush/burn it and save your young uns
The spots give this one away as a baby water moc.
Kill/crush/burn it and save your young uns
Posted on 6/14/12 at 9:13 am to Bushwood
this is a copperhead, on my street. dead.
i found a tiny baby snake in my yard yesterday. wasn't poisonous, but it did that thing where i made a diamond head to look poisonous, when i picked it up. crazy.
Posted on 6/14/12 at 9:14 am to Bushwood
dunno what's up with the damned double+ posts recently. sry.
This post was edited on 6/14/12 at 9:36 am
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