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[seagrovegirl]

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Sir, having grown up amonst the cotton and the cottonmouth, the only time they will chase you is when they are trying to get by you to get back in the water. They are essentially timid.

Moccasins WILL chase you. I have been chased out of a local lake by one (Oyster Lake in Dune Allen) They are the most aggressive snakes in our area. Nasty, nasty critters.

 

[ThirtyAGal]

This thread is creeping me out!!! I have looked under my desk already to make sure nothing is lurking. I am leaving this conversation.

 

[Paige]

Hardly.




Sir, having grown up amonst the cotton and the cottonmouth, the only time they will chase you is when they are trying to get by you to get back in the water. They are essentially timid.

You are wrong about the cottonmouth. They will chase you. I grew up on a lake in the Arkansas delta and worked many summers on rice farms. I have been chased by more cottonmouths (or water moccasins) then I could even begin to count. They are the most aggressive pit viper in the US.

 

[Matt J]

Hardly.




Sir, having grown up amonst the cotton and the cottonmouth, the only time they will chase you is when they are trying to get by you to get back in the water. They are essentially timid.

You can tell the one that chased me from under a canoe up the hill from the lake that it was not following proper "cotton mouth" etiquette. Oh wait snakes don't have ears.

 

[beachyteachy]

I killed a rattlesnake curled up beside the kiddo's trampoline the other day... At least I got "awesome mom" cred for the day. I killed it with my bare...
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post hole diggers!

 

[DD]

You can tell the one that chased me from under a canoe up the hill from the lake that it was not following proper "cotton mouth" etiquette. Oh wait snakes don't have ears.

Maybe it dropped out of snake etiquette school.

I killed a rattlesnake curled up beside the kiddo's trampoline the other day... At least I got "awesome mom" cred for the day. I killed it with my bare...
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What a woman!!

 

[mikecat adjuster]

Notice in the picture above, the moccasin has a band along the side of its face. That's the best wat to tell. You don't have to get too close to see it. Rattlers have that too. The brown water snake and banded water snakes are often killed, people thinking that they are a moccasin. Keep in mind that water moccasin can have a varied pattern and colors. The one pictured above is somewhat of a juvinile, which will darken over time. Btw, those pygmy rattlers are everywhere. EVERYWHERE!

 

[ShallowsNole]

What's amazing is that I do not see nearly the number of poisonous snakes than I used to. In the yard, on the road, anywhere. And I know they are here.

I am knocking on wood as I say this, because the last time I said that out loud, it was about seventeen years ago and I was driving home. I topped the McQuagge Bayou bridge on East Point Washington (before it was paved) and saw what appeared to be a log in the road. Log was moving...the head was already in the woods on the south side, and the tail hadn't come out of the marshy area on the north side yet. When the tail did come across, I swear it must have had 20 rattles. I know this is like one of those fish stories where the fish gets bigger every time you tell it, but I am not kidding here. That rattlesnake HAD to be between 10 - 12 feet long and 8 - 10 inches around. I just sat there, in awe and respect. It was almost beautiful, but it was the deadly kind of beauty that would make your hair stand up on end. It was by far the biggest diamondback I had ever seen, and I've seen a bunch of six-footers. I have never seen another one like it, not even in a zoo - and I'd be perfectly happy if I don't.

 

[TheSheep]

Moccasins WILL chase you. I have been chased out of a local lake by one (Oyster Lake in Dune Allen) They are the most aggressive snakes in our area. Nasty, nasty critters.

http://www.texassnakes.net/myths.html

 

[Matt J]

http://www.texassnakes.net/myths.html

That's great and all, but is there a Florida snakes and more site?

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/FL-GUIDE/Venomsnk.htm

If not hard pressed, the Cottonmouth usually will retreat. This open mouth threat display has led to the widespread belief that Cottonmouths are aggressive snakes. In fact, they are one of the more sedate, even placid, venomous snakes.

Apparently hard pressed means that a human is within 10 feet of it.