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<blockquote data-quote="TedKennedy" data-source="post: 3593465" data-attributes="member: 25419"><p>Not a cottonmouth. Just a banded water snake it looks like. One of their defenses is to flatten out, make that head a diamond, they'll even "rattle" their tail. They get big, and if you corner them, they'll bite, but not venomous at all. (I grew up catching these, trust me I know)</p><p></p><p>One thing about cottonmouths - when you do see the real thing swimming, you'll see they almost float on the water, the whole body. </p><p></p><p>Other snakes swim with neck, and head up only. </p><p></p><p>FWIW the biggest cottonmouth I ever saw was on Heyburn WMA. It was on top of the water, nearly still, and so big I thought it was one of those inflatable snakes you put in the garden to scare birds. It was easily over 5 feet long, which - in spite of many tall tales - is a huge cottonmouth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TedKennedy, post: 3593465, member: 25419"] Not a cottonmouth. Just a banded water snake it looks like. One of their defenses is to flatten out, make that head a diamond, they'll even "rattle" their tail. They get big, and if you corner them, they'll bite, but not venomous at all. (I grew up catching these, trust me I know) One thing about cottonmouths - when you do see the real thing swimming, you'll see they almost float on the water, the whole body. Other snakes swim with neck, and head up only. FWIW the biggest cottonmouth I ever saw was on Heyburn WMA. It was on top of the water, nearly still, and so big I thought it was one of those inflatable snakes you put in the garden to scare birds. It was easily over 5 feet long, which - in spite of many tall tales - is a huge cottonmouth. [/QUOTE]
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