if you think owls are bad....

[msell66]

You obviously have never been chased by a Moccasin! I think they sit around in their burrows and take bets on who's gonna bite who.

:wstu

I second that. Most snakes don't bother me but I hate the freaking Water Moccasins...those devils will come looking for you. I kill them on sight!

I third that. Could've lost my life to a 6' Moccasin sunnin' on the side of a river bank back in '82. ...Bastard's. :rant

More than likely wouldn't have killed you--here is some info on cottonmouths-The "Water Moccasin" is a generic name that Southerners give to any of a variety of snakes. One that seems to get the most attention is the Cottonmouth. It is a pit viper and poisonous. As previously answered it can be deadly but less than 1 percent of the time in a person weighing in at over 50 lbs. You should seek immediate medical help, do not cut, massage, suck or irritate the bite site though. Wash with mild soap and water and keep the bite area below the heart level if at all possible.
Fortunately "Water Moccasin" also refers to any number of other non-poisonous snakes as well. The Blotched Water snake lives in the same areas and looks almost identical from above. You can tell a difference by observing the scale pattern near the tail but who wants to get that close. The cottonmouth will generally swim on top of the water and it will have its head above water at an angle. On land it will move with its head at a 45 degree angle. The non-poisonous ones swim completele under water and have the head almost flat. On land they still have their head at less than 10 degrees.
Leave the wildlife alone.

Rod, not to be an ass, but no one in the South (except yankee transplants) mistakes the poisonous snake from anything else (at least in my experience). And, while not exactly lethal with one bite, it will eat the shit out of your flesh and is most painful! Thankfully, I've not been bitten, but have had friends and dogs get popped. It is not pretty!

 

[msell66]

Bunch of little chicken sh.....

Why don't you go work on your imaginary car and leave the snake conversations to those of us that have actually seen them.

 

[Midlife]

Bunch of little chicken sh.....

Why don't you go work on your imaginary car and leave the snake conversations to those of us that have actually seen them.

Says the one who mistook a twig for a snake and soiled his pants.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

You obviously have never been chased by a Moccasin! I think they sit around in their burrows and take bets on who's gonna bite who.

:wstu

I second that. Most snakes don't bother me but I hate the freaking Water Moccasins...those devils will come looking for you. I kill them on sight!

I third that. Could've lost my life to a 6' Moccasin sunnin' on the side of a river bank back in '82. ...Bastard's. :rant

More than likely wouldn't have killed you--here is some info on cottonmouths-The "Water Moccasin" is a generic name that Southerners give to any of a variety of snakes. One that seems to get the most attention is the Cottonmouth. It is a pit viper and poisonous. As previously answered it can be deadly but less than 1 percent of the time in a person weighing in at over 50 lbs. You should seek immediate medical help, do not cut, massage, suck or irritate the bite site though. Wash with mild soap and water and keep the bite area below the heart level if at all possible.
Fortunately "Water Moccasin" also refers to any number of other non-poisonous snakes as well. The Blotched Water snake lives in the same areas and looks almost identical from above. You can tell a difference by observing the scale pattern near the tail but who wants to get that close. The cottonmouth will generally swim on top of the water and it will have its head above water at an angle. On land it will move with its head at a 45 degree angle. The non-poisonous ones swim completele under water and have the head almost flat. On land they still have their head at less than 10 degrees.
Leave the wildlife alone.

Rod, not to be an ass, but no one in the South (except yankee transplants) mistakes the poisonous snake from anything else (at least in my experience). And, while not exactly lethal with one bite, it will eat the shit out of your flesh and is most painful! Thankfully, I've not been bitten, but have had friends and dogs get popped. It is not pretty!

I sure as hell know the difference. Floated up into a nest of the damned things while fishing. We were beating the things with oars while my grandfather was trying to back the boat off the shore. Watching a bunch of snakes trying to get into the boat with us made me reevaluate my stance on fishing. Made me really hate snakes, even after growing up in an area that had cottonmouths and copperheads. Now, I'll beat snakes with garden implements like the fist of an angry god.

 

[KBMWRS]

Now if they there had them tha wings I'd really be scarreed

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Correction:
Now if them thar had wangs, I'd be skert.
If you're gonna mock the dialect, at least get the pronunciation correct.

 

[Flysure1]

You obviously have never been chased by a Moccasin! I think they sit around in their burrows and take bets on who's gonna bite who.

:wstu

I second that. Most snakes don't bother me but I hate the freaking Water Moccasins...those devils will come looking for you. I kill them on sight!

I third that. Could've lost my life to a 6' Moccasin sunnin' on the side of a river bank back in '82. ...Bastard's. :rant

More than likely wouldn't have killed you--here is some info on cottonmouths-The "Water Moccasin" is a generic name that Southerners give to any of a variety of snakes. One that seems to get the most attention is the Cottonmouth. It is a pit viper and poisonous. As previously answered it can be deadly but less than 1 percent of the time in a person weighing in at over 50 lbs. You should seek immediate medical help, do not cut, massage, suck or irritate the bite site though. Wash with mild soap and water and keep the bite area below the heart level if at all possible.
Fortunately "Water Moccasin" also refers to any number of other non-poisonous snakes as well. The Blotched Water snake lives in the same areas and looks almost identical from above. You can tell a difference by observing the scale pattern near the tail but who wants to get that close. The cottonmouth will generally swim on top of the water and it will have its head above water at an angle. On land it will move with its head at a 45 degree angle. The non-poisonous ones swim completele under water and have the head almost flat. On land they still have their head at less than 10 degrees.
Leave the wildlife alone.

Rod, not to be an ass, but no one in the South (except yankee transplants) mistakes the poisonous snake from anything else (at least in my experience). And, while not exactly lethal with one bite, it will eat the shit out of your flesh and is most painful! Thankfully, I've not been bitten, but have had friends and dogs get popped. It is not pretty!

I sure as hell know the difference. Floated up into a nest of the damned things while fishing. We were beating the things with oars while my grandfather was trying to back the boat off the shore. Watching a bunch of snakes trying to get into the boat with us made me reevaluate my stance on fishing. Made me really hate snakes, even after growing up in an area that had cottonmouths and copperheads. Now, I'll beat snakes with garden implements like the fist of an angry god.

I just copied this off of a google search--don't know if it was yankee written---not my words--
The Cottonmouth Water Moccasin
(Agkistrodon piscivorus)



There is only one North American poisonous water snake - the Cottonmouth Water Moccasin! Not to be confused at all with its many nonpoisonous neighbors, this snake is a pit viper in the same general family as the Copperhead and the Rattler.

The way I read it is that the cotton head and the water moccasin are the same---

 

[Horseplay]

Good Mornin'!

 

[70 StangMan]

You obviously have never been chased by a Moccasin! I think they sit around in their burrows and take bets on who's gonna bite who.

:wstu

I second that. Most snakes don't bother me but I hate the freaking Water Moccasins...those devils will come looking for you. I kill them on sight!

I third that. Could've lost my life to a 6' Moccasin sunnin' on the side of a river bank back in '82. ...Bastard's. :rant

More than likely wouldn't have killed you.

You ain't from around here are ya ?? Apparently I failed to mention that thing was huge and had a head that looked like a softball. I was about 2 miles from my truck which was 5 miles from a phone which was 35 miles from the nearest town. He would have stuck my calf area which would be a little hard to keep above my heart level while I was seeking immediate medical help.

 

[70 StangMan]

Good Mornin'!

Thank's for the flashback T E R R Y. :ns

 

[RustyRed]

Good Mornin'!

Thank's for the flashback T E R R Y. :ns

Last time I encountered something similar to this picture it was followed in short order by the bang from the 12 gauge I was carrying.

We were in Anahuac, Texas killing time and doing some shooting...my two best high school / college buddies walked right by the little devil because he was hiding in a bush. Spotted him, said "hold on guys" as I started to aim / shoot. Blew that sucker to hell with a 12 gauge at close range.

 

[msell66]

Living in Florida, I carried 2 weapons in the truck. A .22 rifle for the Rattlesnakes and a 12ga for the Mocassins. Why the 12ga?? So I knew for a fact that damn head wasn't gonna continue coming after me!

Had a big mocassin chase me off a tractor as I bush hogged a 6' swath so I could fence in the ten acres. Damn thing got up on top of the "hog" and was coming for me. Had to "run away" and get the Mossberg. Bastard was gone when I got back.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I just found a black widow the size of a silver dollar. Beat it to death with a crowbar.

 

[Horseplay]

You southern boys sure are a bunch of pu..... Afraid of a little ole snake. :whis

 

[Gigantopithecus]

It's not fear, it's hatred. Running away, screaming is fear. Mutilating a snake with a dull garden tool isn't. It's unfiltered hatred of the beast.

 

[Horseplay]

It's not fear, it's hatred. Running away, screaming is fear. Mutilating a snake with a dull garden tool isn't. It's unfiltered hatred of the beast.

I believe the exact words our pal :mark used were just that; "run away". I can only assume he was screaming like an eight year old girl.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Then he is candyass.

 

[msell66]

That was a reference to Monty Python nummuts


Mark

Sent from my semi-smart phone

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Nummuts? A dog left out in the cold?

 

[msell66]

Nummuts? A dog left out in the cold?

That's what I get typing on a dumbphone.