General non-pod discussion: Another Snake Story

Another Snake Story

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Topic: Another Snake Story

Posted By: mcarter
Subject: Another Snake Story
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 3:48pm

Bless all of you in the Carolina's. Are you having snake issues?

After storm in gulf my daughter called, she had a Cottonmouth on front porch and he was not friendly. Hissed, (like cat she said) and struck at my granddaughter. Small creek behind my house in TX and he must have come out of there with high water. I have never seen a more aggressive snake that Cottonmouths, they will go on the offense.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 4:19pm

So far no but we are not in any of the worst affected areas.We just had a lot of small branches and leaves down. Thankfully, I had a couple of problem trees removed before we left (dying Elm and Poplar with signs of insect infestation (rows of woodpecker holes)). We were away when the storm hit and got home just for the tail end of the rain as it finally turned north.

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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 4:21pm

Good my friend

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 4:32pm

Truth about the cottonmouth.. very aggressive. When I was stationed at Ft. Stewart, we trained in them there swamps. A lot. I saw a cottonmouth attack all kinds of things, soldiers, groups of soldiers, water buffalo (the wheeled water carrying kind), APC, jeeps, even once, started to climb down off my tank, and one was striking at the front road wheel.. that's a bas add snake to take on a 64 ton tank.. LOL

I have seen video of them from the western end of Kentucky, literally dropping in to canoes, on the offense. Luckily, we don't live in the swampy part of the state, rattlers and copper heads are what we have. And I have never seen one of either on our property, but have seen lots of snakes.

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Posted By: Happy Tripping
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 5:43pm

I wonder if the aquatic environment makes snakes a tad more reliant on threat displays than purely terrestrial snakes? Certainly nonvenomous water snakes have not been shy, in my experience.

This link suggests that cottonmouths' threat displays may be more common than actual aggression.

https://web.archive.org/web/20051121020750/http://www.uga.edu/srel/Reprint/2583.htm

I have no experience with rattlesnakes but in my (limited) experience, I have found copperheads to be interested only in avoiding me. of course, that has been when they are free to escape and not trapped or grabbed, as in a woodpile.

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 5:51pm

Cottonmouth - only snake that has ever chased me. Happy tell me that when they are in bottom of your boat or in your flooded house. I've spent years with Cottonmouths, and rattlers and copperheads, just fortunate I guess. Rattlesnakes will retreat, copperheads will hide, cottonmouths will attack, so how long do you take to decide it's not aggression just a warning? What college professor wrote this?

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2018 at 6:44pm

We have seen a lot of cottonmouth and a few rattle snakes on our travel in NC mostly around alligator river refuge. I got a lot of great pictures of them. we have an understanding, I don't bother them and they don't bother myself or my wife and I wont kill them.

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