- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Snake ID
Posted on 7/8/12 at 10:02 am to StinkDog12
Posted on 7/8/12 at 10:02 am to StinkDog12
I have found cotton mouths tend to stick around, I bet he will be back...
1
Posted on 7/8/12 at 10:05 am to plazadweller
To me I remember the cottonmouths in LA having a real defined shapped head? Very distinctive and almost like a triangle. The jaw muscles were always swollen and neck even seemed to get smaller right behind the jaw. This snake had very little shape to his head besides it being oddly flat on top.
Posted on 7/8/12 at 10:09 am to wickowick
quote:
I have found cotton mouths tend to stick around, I bet he will be back...
Well he didnt leave pissed off or anything...just kinda slithered off of my rake and move on.
I have a deer feeder right next to where he was at...so maybe he was hunting for little mice or something there. I will look for him throughout the day today and try to smoke his arse!
Picture of a deer at that same place earlier this year.
Posted on 7/8/12 at 10:14 am to StinkDog12
Took this picture 2 days ago of a doe playing around down there. The snake was right at the back of that little clearing that the deer is in. Swamp to the back. The deer will actually come up to our screen right next to the pool.
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:07 am to StinkDog12
Husband looked at the picture and said "It looks like an Eastern Cottonmouth from Florida, where was this?" I scrolled up and saw your location is Orlando, so I guess this was around that area? He then said it could be a Florida Cottonmouth that far south.
Either way, Cottonmouth.
Either way, Cottonmouth.
This post was edited on 7/8/12 at 11:08 am
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:08 am to Dorothy
quote:
Either way, Cottonmouth
Dorothy has spoken
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:13 am to plazadweller
quote:
It is a cottonmouth
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:13 am to Nodust
Dorothy's husband has spoken...I couldn't tell WTH that was, I had my head sideways looking at the picture when he walked in. 
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:15 am to Dorothy
You picked up a for sure slow and painful death with a rake 
This post was edited on 7/8/12 at 11:17 am
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:15 am to Dorothy
quote:
where was this?"
I am located about half way between Orlando and Coco Beach.
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:26 am to StinkDog12
Of all the harmless snakes pictured on the OB with their heads on one side of the picture and their bodies on the other, we finally get a true deadly snake...
And you let it go.
And you let it go.
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:30 am to Fishhead
quote:
we finally get a true deadly snake...
And you let it go.
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:41 am to StinkDog12
That's a cottonmouth. Just don't step on it, or grab its tail and you'll be fine. They rarely stalk and kill men. In fact, that hasn't happened since the last great frog shortage of 1918, when thousands of starving cottonmouths entered the city of Mobile, eating 37 men, 64 womens, 7 pow pow's, 11 grannies, 198 children from the choir, 4 hunting dogs, and an escaped possum.
This post was edited on 7/8/12 at 11:42 am
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:48 am to Teague
quote:
They rarely stalk and kill men. In fact, that hasn't happened since the last great frog shortage of 1918.
My father was bit as a kid. He said he was hanging his feet off the dock and thought he scrapped his foot on white paint. He spent a couple of days in the hospital...
Posted on 7/8/12 at 11:52 am to Fishhead
quote:
Of all the harmless snakes pictured on the OB with their heads on one side of the picture and their bodies on the other, we finally get a true deadly snake...
And to be honest...this site is the only reason why I hesitated smoking his arse right from the get go
I have never let a snake "walk" in my life when presented with the opportunity to kill it. When I saw this snake I said..."let me just see how this fella acts...I might actually let him slither if he is nice" I aint losing any sleep over letting him ride on though.....Ive killed way over my share of poisonous snakes in my day to make up for letting 1 run with the wind. I can remember when working the rice field leves in SW LA as a kid....there were days when I killed 40-50 snakes a day while pulling water curtins to adjust water levels in the field. Those suckers were under ever single curtin that you would pull back. Standing in knee deep water, you didnt hesitate for one second before smoking them. Kept 2 little 22 automatic pistols strapped to each hip at all times. And 1 of them was always drawn while pulling back the curtin with the other hand.
Posted on 7/8/12 at 12:28 pm to StinkDog12
It's a black water messican
Posted on 7/8/12 at 1:20 pm to StinkDog12
You let that one go?! 
Posted on 7/8/12 at 1:27 pm to BayouBandit24
Yeh. I shite the bed on that one.
Posted on 7/8/12 at 1:38 pm to StinkDog12
5 ft is really big for a cottonmouth
Posted on 7/8/12 at 1:40 pm to StinkDog12
You'll get another chance I bet
Page 2 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News