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I’m sure they’d be happy to explain thatIf he does ID it as a cottonmouth, I would like to actually talk to him about the body length and girth.
I’m sure they’d be happy to explain thatIf he does ID it as a cottonmouth, I would like to actually talk to him about the body length and girth.
Yes, back bay is ckock full of themThey can also be found as far north as parts of Virginia
There was actually a discussion on that subject a few years ago on NCH&F. I have never seen one west of I95, but others said they had. The largest cottonmouth I ever saw was on a log jam on the Tar River near Dunbar, between Tarboro and Rocky Mount, which is not too far East of I95.In NC I read once that cottouths are limited to eastern part of state East of I95.
Is one of those differences that the FL ones are fat and more northern ones are skinny?they have different names and some different characteristics
That is the second thing we agree on, since I have seen them there. The earlier East of I95 discussion was about NC. Taking a lunch break now.They can also be found as far north as parts of Virginia
Your Northern Cottonmouth article starts off..."The northern cottonmouth is a heavy-bodied..." Would you describe the snake in post #70 as heavy bodied?I’m sure they’d be happy to explain that
Humans may also generally be described as having two arms and legs. Except the ones that don’t. There are always exceptions - that’s why you use multiple identifiable traits to verify.Your Northern Cottonmouth article starts off..."The northern cottonmouth is a heavy-bodied..." Would you describe the snake in post #70 as heavy bodied?
Don't know and don't care. I never tried to identify what it actually is, and have no desire to. But I know what it is not, the narrow body eliminates it from being a cottonmouth.Feel free to tell us what kind of snake it is, specifically, and why.
Don't know and don't care. I never tried to identify what it actually is, and have no desire to. But I know what it is not, the narrow body eliminates it from being a cottonmout Cottonmouths were short and stubby.
I believe all Cottonmouths are thick and puggy.I caught a cottonmouth fishing one time, that is the picture I am looking for now. Like all cottonmouths, it had a thick and puggy body.
That’s not an absolute by any means - there are many explanations for why a cottonmouth can have a more slender appearance
I believe in Santa Claus too but that don’t make it trueI believe all Cottonmouths are thick and puggy.
.."The northern cottonmouth is a heavy-bodied..." Would you describe the snake in post #70 as heavy bodied?
He definitely got the shovel a time or two.I totally agree.
One way is being whacked with a shovel.
They don't look too very fat after being blown in two with a duck load, either.
I don't mess with 'em. If they're where I want to be, they die. If they ain't, I just move along.
Who said it was "non-venomous"? I didn't.Can you explain the fangs on that "non-venomous" snake ?
I don't believe Non venomous snakes have fangs. They have rows off teethI will..... beat to death and head chopped off with a shovel.
All this discussion about a skinny body has no merit.
Can you explain the fangs on that "non-venomous" snake ?
I really don’t understand why this is debatable to some of you. Also, if you go back and look at the posted pics, the snake really isn’t that skinny. Look at how quickly it tapers to the tail. It’s been beat to hell too. Is it stupidly fat? No, but definitely more portly of a build than a lot of the other snakes. A lot of photos, and encounters with cottonmouths are when they’re “blown up” so to speak when they flatten themselves out to make them more formidable. Pattern is spot on as all, but rarely pay attention to as it’s often not clearly seen on some.Coloration isn’t 100% in IDing anything but in college we were told no matter the pattern, the dark bar across the eye was pretty definitive for a cottonmouth. That one has it.
Here it is, short and stubby, as they all are. Excuse the poor picture, I was more concerned with recovering my topwater bait. This is what cottonmouths look like...I caught a cottonmouth fishing one time, that is the picture I am looking for now. Like all cottonmouths, it had a thick and puggy body.
True. And that one has visible fangs. Thanks for making my point.I don't believe Non venomous snakes have fangs. They have rows off teeth
They aren’t “all” that way. Look at the very distinctive pattern of the two you’ve posted and that of post 70. Ray Charles could see that they’re the same. Not to mention the many other indicators.Here it is, short and stubby, as they all are. Excuse the poor picture, I was more concerned with recovering my topwater bait. This is what cottonmouths look like...
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Probably plain bellies water snakeI killed 5 here last week, most I have seen in years. One copperhead died of shovel poisoning in my driveway, My neighbor killed a black snake with a bright red belly. I have never seen one like it before. Do any of you know anything about one like that?
It is indeed venomous. And it isn’t a coral snake, timber/diamondback/pigmy rattler, nor a copperhead.Who said it was "non-venomous"? I didn't.
Who said it was "non-venomous"? I didn't.