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Re: Just some pictures [Re: doo]
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doo said:
and you might have to swat the occasional cottonmouth away, but it's usually fairly safe fishing.




what are cotton mouth and why would you have to swat them away?

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: erjone]
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Cottonmouth is another name for the water moccasin, which is a venomous snake. They can be stubborn and curious at times, and they'll come right up to you if they're in the mood. There bite is dangerous. Normally, they don't bother anyone. They aren't that common directly in the river, they prefer sluggish warm water, but you'll occasionally run across one.

doo


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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Lizard King]
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Thast sounds like paradise LK!
I had an iguana for 5 years and my mom decided to get rid of it.
Fascinating creatures.

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: doo]
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I hate to be Mr PC but cottonmouths would be a rare occurrence in NC. I was talking with a friend of mine who is the naturalist for Gwinnett County, GA and he said the cottonmouths are rarely found north of the airport in Atlanta. One exception is the yellow river in Lawrenceville. Most of the water north of the airport is just too cold for cottonmouths. They can probably be found 25-50 miles inland from the coast all the way up to southern Virgina because it tends to be warmer near the coast. As far as the bite goes, deaths are rare now that they've got antivenom, but if you don't get it you've got a pretty good chance of dying. One of the more venomous and agressive snakes of the southeast.

Southern Banded Water Snakes are the most common water snakes north of Atlanta. They have fairly bulky bodies so it would be a common to mistake them for a cottonmouth. Adult cottonmouths tend to be black while the Banded Water Snakes keep their bands. They are nonvenomous but do have an anticoagulant in their saliva, so if you're bitten it's common to bleed for 10-15 minutes(I've been bitten and bled for about 25 minutes). They're just as mean and nasty as cottonmouths.

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Gumby]
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I know they live all up and down the savannah river.

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: doo]
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hey Gumby Dude. :wink:




doo said:
......They aren't that common directly in the river, they prefer sluggish warm water, but you'll occasionally run across one.

doo
     

 

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Gumby]
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Gumbydude is sort of right about the range of the water moccasin.
They're not a rare occurrence in the eastern part (coastal plain) of N.C., which makes up roughly one-third of the state. They're range basically coincides with the range of bald cypress trees (in N.C.) If you drew a line from Atlanta,Ga. through Raleigh,N.C and stopped it near the Virginia border, the cottonmouth can be found east of that line.  West of it, you won't find'em in Ga.,S.C.,and N.C. At least not a breeding population anyway. The closer to the coast you go, the greater the chance of an encounter with one.Of course you may find the occasional stray west of that line, animals don't seem to pay attention to range maps a lot, they go where they want to go  :wink:
The northern and southern banded watersnakes often get mistaken for cottonmouths because of their aggressive nature, similiar markings, and habitat. One sure way to tell'em apart is their eyes. The banded watersnake will have round pupils (like humans), while the cottonmouth has slitted pupils (like a cat). And you don't really have to get that close to'em to see the difference in their eyes. I was a naturalist with the park service for 18 years, and I gave a lot of nature programs on snakes, and I found that the cottonmouth and copperhead were the most misidentified of all the snakes. Most people think, if it's in the water and it's brown and/or has markings, it's a water moccasin, and if it's brown,has markings and is on land,it's a copperhead. It's kind of like IDing LBM's. You have to look at other characteristics, instead of the obvious ones.

doo 


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Re: Just some pictures [Re: doo]
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There are a shitload of cottonmouths where I work on the yellow river. I see atleast one a day. Last year while climbing the steep river bank and not paying close attention I almost stepped on one. The thing struck at me twice, before I saw it, and I'm fairly sure it could have bit me had it wanted to, he was just giving a warning. I ran like you ain't never seen a person run before.


Heres a pic of a copperhead I got last year. I usually let them be and don't mess with them. But if its a nice sized colorful snake, I'll pop him with the .22 and skin him out and tan some copperhead skin.




LK,


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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Lizard King]
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Lizard King said:
cooter turtles


hehe you said cooter huh huh

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Lizard King]
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Did you have Snake Steak?

In Thailand I watched the bungalow manager loped off the head of a poisonous asp and then had the cook prepare him for dinner.

Here is an image or two of that snake.







mj

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Lizard King]
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Hey, that's a good pic of its eyes. You can see the eliptical shaped pupil. With a non-venomous snake, the pupil would be round.The only exception to this rule in the Southeast U.S., is the coral snake. But that's a whole different type of venomous snake anyway.

LK, you be careful around them there snakes.
  I figure if I ever get bitten on my dick, I'm gonna tell the doctor to just kill the pain, but leave the swelling. Then I'm gonna start on my lifelong dream as a porn star stud. :grin:


doo 

BTW, if it ever starts raining pussy down your way, let me know. I'll load up the truck with a bunch of buckets, head to Jawja, and we'll try to catch the runoff :wink:..........hehehe........

   


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Re: Just some pictures [Re: doo]
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>The northern and southern banded watersnakes often get mistaken for cottonmouths because of their aggressive nature, similiar markings, and habitat.

Exactly! I under-estimated you, doo. I figured you were one of those average southerners who called every snake in the water a cottonmouth. I was wrong. You know your shit mang :smile: 

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Gumby]
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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Lizard King]
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Lizard king i do not like your picture of the iguana eating a mouse, iguanas are strictly vegitarian and animal protiens cause them to develop bone disease, the only reason he consumed the mouse is because he is starved, please feed him turnip greens, dandelion greens, ice burg lettuce ( not nutritive but very high water content).


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Psychoslut]
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Re: Just some pictures [Re: ]
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i did both


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Psychoslut]
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Re: Just some pictures [Re: ]
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i actually posted that publicly so that anyone who owns an iguana may read it and change the diet of there pets and improve the qaulity of there animals life, it had nothing to do with degrading lizard king or jumbling up the thread


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]

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Re: Just some pictures [Re: Psychoslut]
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Re: Just some pictures [Re: ]
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im sorry Mr. Mushrooms i thought you was being condesending smartass in your original post, i should have known your not like that.


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[quote]KristiMidocean said:
Good now thats clear.WHO FUCKING CARES. If I am fat u all keep pointing it out like its suppose to be a secret.LIke u really have nothing better to do then make fat jokes. If o know its like I do I know yall can come up with NEW AND BETTER SHIT . This shit is old and boring . I left in the first place cause this shit got boring not because of the fat jokes . Fat jokes dont bother me but seriously its old[/quote]

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