[at-l] Indoor wildlife surprise

[rcli4 at comcast.net (rcli4@comcast.net)]

In the swamps in northern Florida Cottonmouths are called water moccasin and they are thickern hair on a dogs back.  If you work in the wetlands you better know the difference between a water snake and a moccasin or you will end up in a world of hurt.  I think the only way to cure a snake byte is windows xp.
Clyde

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> Are you sure they weren't water snakes? They look very similar and if you're 
> not getting close to look at markings and pits, they could easily be confused. 
> My own experience is about the same. I grew up with a lake as my front yard and 
> thought I killed or saw many water moccasins. In retrospect I probably didn't - 
> they were brown snakes swimming in the water so we killed them. I never checked 
> to see if they were pit vipers. 
> 
> I was telling this story to a friend of mine is a Biology professor at Ga Tech 
> and he told me a story about his experience in Mississippi - near the town of 
> Woodville. He was researching the distribution of snakes and his group 
> collected about 250 over a period of a few weeks. Only 5 of them were really 
> cottonmouth - the rest were water snakes and an occasional copperhead. 
> 
> Charles 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Leslie Booher 
> To: Charles Copeland ; at-l@backcountry.net 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 5:22 PM 
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Indoor wildlife surprise 
> 
> 
> 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. 
> **************************** 
> When we lived in the Mississippi Delta, cottonmouths were everywhere. When our 
> son was young, he used to go out in a rowboat with his friend. The friend would 
> try to net turtles, fish, muskrats, and other things. Joshua's job was to hold 
> an oar to whack cottonmouths, should they appear. 
> 
> I remember going to church camp along the Mississippi River banks and having 
> cottonmouths there. I certainly wouldn't rate them "uncommon". To me, they 
> were ubiquitous. They were part of the scenery. 
> 
> anklebear 
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Date: Tue Jun  7 20:43:27 2005
Subject: [at-l] Indoor wildlife surprise
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rcli4@comcast.net wrote:

>In the swamps in northern Florida Cottonmouths are called water moccasin and they are thickern hair on a dogs back.
>

Now, I've seen a lot of dogs...and, one thing I've noted is that most of 
'em seem to have lots of hair on their backs. (Not unlike my 
ex-mother-in-law) So, what is it you're sayin' here, yon Clyde? 


>   I think the only way to cure a snake byte is windows xp.
>

Seems to work for most other what ails ya's....42!