Help me identify this Snake (Page 8): Gutsy! No any more! :lol: I was at a state park in north Florida, can't remember the name. I got a picture of a Coral Snake. We were standing...

mollymolly Loc: In the heart of the Everglades.

smsouthers wrote:

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I know! :mrgreen:

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

mollymolly wrote:

thehing wrote:

You sure do have guts Molly! I wouldn't come with in 25 feet of a Garter snake let alone something that size. Great pics though! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks. I learned my lesson!

This one is not poisonous but it was very big. This is a 9 1/2 foot Python that I killed in my yard about 5 years ago.

Nice Burmese. They can get in excess of 20 FEET. 9 footer can be a teenager in snake years

mollymolly Loc: In the heart of the Everglades.

Bruce with a Canon wrote:

mollymolly wrote:

thehing wrote:

You sure do have guts Molly! I wouldn't come with in 25 feet of a Garter snake let alone something that size. Great pics though! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks. I learned my lesson!

This one is not poisonous but it was very big. This is a 9 1/2 foot Python that I killed in my yard about 5 years ago.

Nice Burmese. They can get in excess of 20 FEET. 9 footer can be a teenager in snake years

The biggest one killed out here so far was 25 feet.

sassman3629L Loc: South Florida

mollymolly wrote:

Sorry about the IQ of the photos. I assumed at first that it was a Water Snake, but now I am wondering. It was about 4 feet long and heavy bodied. I am hoping that I wasn't stupid enough to get within striking distance of a Water Moccasin!!

Molly:
These photographs are certainly those of a Cottonmouth Water Moccasin the most distinctive is the manner in which they hold their head almost vertically in the ever ready striking position. Their bite is almost as bad for the potential for infection as it is for the venomation of the wound.
When you see the head from the bottom or side you can notice a distinctive underbite on their lower jaw which may be to allow them to swim better, I don't know? I do know that she is a Cottonmouth!!
I have always been able to smell them.
Be careful out there!
Sonny

mollymolly Loc: In the heart of the Everglades.

sassman3629L wrote:

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Thank you so much! I have started checking where I step (usually :lol: )

gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand

mollymolly wrote:

Thank you so much! I have started checking where I step (usually :lol: )

Most of the time

mollymolly Loc: In the heart of the Everglades.

gregoryd45 wrote:

Most of the time

You know too well!! :lol:

frank bruce Loc: Albuquerque,N.M

Molly Molly...thats pretty scary looking , that thing was about to strike!! Nice sequence of shots!

mollymolly Loc: In the heart of the Everglades.

Lucky for me he didn't! Then I think I would no longer be here!

frank bruce Loc: Albuquerque,N.M

i cannot believe you actually were that close to that thing! weren't u even scared? it's body is coiled and ready to strike u!

mollymolly Loc: In the heart of the Everglades.

frank bruce wrote:

i cannot believe you actually were that close to that thing! weren't u even scared? it's body is coiled and ready to strike u!

I really did think it was just a Banded Water Snake. If I had known it was a Moccasin there is no way that I would have gotten that close!

sassman3629L Loc: South Florida

frank bruce wrote:

approx , 4 ft. longthis was a ratllesnake in utah. pitch black outside

frank:
I believe this one is actually a Mojave Rattle Snake which because of his level of toxicity is the most deadly of our American Rattlers. The Eastern Diamondback delivers more venom because of it's size.

Don't believe the untrue "Old Wives Tale" regarding a snake not being dangerous if it has a round head! In the U.S. just look at the most toxic of our snakes, the Coral Snake, it has a small round head usually smaller than his body! The small head also makes it more difficult for it to bite a human unless they get hold of a finger or toe!

I recently saw a video from the Glades where a guy was filming a Large Cottonmouth when a medium sized Eastern Diamondbackcame along beside the Moccasin, the Cottonmouth grabbed the Rattler by the tip of his head invenomating him and imediately began to swallow the Rattler and consummned him quickly!

You could tell the Moccasin was really getting off because he got the "drop" on the Rattler he was sqeeezing the venom glands as hard as he could and not letting go!

They are usually very aggressive especially when they feel threatened in the least way.
I could tell you some stories about living in South Texas when I was 12-13 before moving back to Florida. Running the Guadelupe River bank all day, barefoot and had many close calls, but, never got bitten. Makes me shudder at my age now?
Be careful out there if you don't know your stuff!
Sonny

Ive Fallen Loc: Chula, GA

triangular head is a dangerous head. wide at the neck, narrow at the nose. it was a water snake, but one you do not want to mess with. great photos.

wannabe Loc: Baton Rouge Louisiana

mollymolly wrote:

Sorry about the IQ of the photos. I assumed at first that it was a Water Snake, but now I am wondering. It was about 4 feet long and heavy bodied. I am hoping that I wasn't stupid enough to get within striking distance of a Water Moccasin!!

I would say you are very luck that thing didnt want his photo taken. They can be very aggressive. Not only are they posionous but have some nasty bacteria in their mouth than can kill you if it gets in your blood stream. BECAREFUL

wannabe Loc: Baton Rouge Louisiana

wannabe wrote:

I would say you are very luck that thing didnt want his photo taken. They can be very aggressive. Not only are they posionous but have some nasty bacteria in their mouth than can kill you if it gets in your blood stream. BECAREFUL

Oh and nice set!!