[at-l] Indoor wildlife surprise

[charles at uswnet.com (Charles Copeland)]

Cottonmouths/water moccasins are a southeastern snake species - but they 
aren't very common.  They tend to stay near the water and love to sunbathe. 
Their cousin the copperhead looks a lot like the cottonmouth - but usually 
don't hang out as close to the water (and there are banding differences - 
particularly when the snakes are young).  If you hike in the Cohutta this 
summer, you *will* see both types.

However, you will see more water snakes (usually the brown kind) than 
anything.  They *look* like copperheads or cottonmouths and can imitate 
them - they like to sunbathe and hang from trees and they can be quite 
tenacious - but they aren't venomous.   More of them are killed every year 
than copperheads or cottonmouths because they are often mistaken for them.

Charles


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert" <infinity1plus1@yahoo.com>
To: "Carol Donaldson" <carol1944@brmemc.net>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Indoor wildlife surprise


i thought cottonmouths were in georgia

Carol Donaldson <carol1944@brmemc.net> wrote:At least it is not a poisonous 
snake, yet I understand that they do bite.
It is nice to wake up completely without the use of caffeine. <:-}

Skylander
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2 years ago I had a baby cottonmouth nestled in the inside crevase of my 
storm door, attempting to get into the house. Like a fool "don't try this at 
home" I attempted to pick him (her?) up in the style of the Croc Hunter and 
nearly got myself bit. It wiggled away, needless to say. Haven't seen 
another one. They do live here, even if all the "books" and the Ga Extension 
Service say 'no they don't.' I have a neighbor who's seen a lot of them in 
the swampy area near her house.

Coosa
Carol Donaldson
carol1944@brmemc.net
http://auntiecoosa.blogspot.com
http://inthecompany.blogspot.com
("Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it" ~ Pope John 
Paul II The Great)
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