Water Moccasin

[seaside2]

Was raised in the swamps of Louisiana and used to see the things hanging from the branches of cypress trees while we were out fishing. You learn real fast to look for the mouth and pay attention to the smell. You have to be careful where you park your boat. The things will drop down into the boat with you. Some of these guys are really big!!!

Scare the sheet out of you.

You don't know whether to stay in the boat with the snake or jump into the swamp with the gators!

 

[ShallowsNole]

Being on the bay near Point Washington for most of my life, I can give you several snake stories. In the house, under the car (Fuzz thought I had run over a stick and went to grab it, and it moved :funn, in the boat, take your pick.

I will tell you that shortly before E. Point Washington road was paved, I saw the biggest Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake I have ever seen. I topped the little bridge at McQuage Bayou, and thought a log was in the road. His head was already in the woods on the south side, and his tail wasn't out of the bushes on the north side. Probably had at least twenty rattles, and as big around as my leg. I just sat there in utter awe, wishing I had a camera, and glad that my house wasn't in his path.

 

[butterbean]

i always went by the theory that if it was long and skinny, it was a water snake, and short and fat was a moccasin. but i only seen em looking over my shoulder and on the hightail. it would be my luck to get bit trying to kill one

 

[Smiling JOe]

i always went by the theory that if it was long and skinny, it was a water snake, and short and fat was a moccasin. but i only seen em looking over my shoulder and on the hightail. it would be my luck to get bit trying to kill one

That is not a solid theory. Water Snakes can be short and thick, just like the Cottonmouth.

 

[30A Skunkape]

The world is now absent one beneficial snake. You know they follow food...you have mice in your house?

 

[DuneAHH]

Being on the bay near Point Washington for most of my life, I can give you several snake stories. In the house, under the car (Fuzz thought I had run over a stick and went to grab it, and it moved :funn, in the boat, take your pick.

I will tell you that shortly before E. Point Washington road was paved, I saw the biggest Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake I have ever seen. I topped the little bridge at McQuage Bayou, and thought a log was in the road. His head was already in the woods on the south side, and his tail wasn't out of the bushes on the north side. Probably had at least twenty rattles, and as big around as my leg. I just sat there in utter awe, wishing I had a camera, and glad that my house wasn't in his path.

Whoa-Chee-Mama
That BEATS the Ever-Livin'-Length out of my meager Daughettes Rattler story from the year 98 was being paved & snakes were homeless & on THE MOVE.

 

[NoHall]

The world is now absent one beneficial snake. You know they follow food...you have mice in your house?

The sad reality is that a beneficial snake is one that is smart enough to avoid humans.

 

[grace]

The sad reality is that a beneficial snake is one that is smart enough to avoid humans.

I guess the beneficial human is one who is smart enough to avoid snakes

 

[NoHall]

I guess the beneficial human is one who is smart enough to avoid snakes

Indeed!

 

[ShallowsNole]

Whoa-Chee-Mama
That BEATS the Ever-Livin'-Length out of my meager Daughettes Rattler story from the year 98 was being paved & snakes were homeless & on THE MOVE.

I'm sure yours wasn't small, and I've seen several six-footers in and about the area. But like I said, I had NEVER seen one like that one. I said a little bit worse than Whoa-Chee-Mama!

I did have a black racer crawl over my panty-hose-clad foot in the Pt Washington Cemetery one Easter Sunday morning. I am sure the congregation at Cornerstone thought I had caught the spirit.