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Re: fishing report

Posted By: Terry
Date: Sunday, 5-31-15, at 10:57 p.m.

In Response To: Re: fishing report (applejack)

Cottonmouths. Not really friendly. Here's the info. A lot of them in the sound. Saw probably 20 of them two weeks ago walking the Duck boardwalk. Some went to that six feet. Have pissed off more than a few at Bodie Island Light House. Unlike most snakes these guys will come at you, not run away.

Identification: Cottonmouth snakes are a venomous snake species native to

south eastern United States. They’re a semi large bodied pit viper in the

Agkistrodon family. A fairly large snake overall with reports of some

specimens reaching near 6’ in length, but the majority of adults are in the 3

1/2 to 4’ range.

As adults they have a much darker banded type pattern then the brighter

autumn colors of the neonates and

juveniles. They are the only native

venomous snake species that are semi

aquatic, spending the majority of

their lives either in or around water.

With that, they have keeled scales

which are indicative to all water snakes

and a feature that separates them

from their cousin the copperhead.

Other keynote features of these snakes are their very broad and triangular shaped heads along with their elliptical pupils which differ from non-venomous water snakes that have an oval pupil. Although, there are several species of non venomous snakes i.e. hognose, water snakes etc that imitate the cottonmouth snake both in physical appearance and behavior but correctly identifying one in the wild isn’t too difficult with a little foresight into what to look for:

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fishing report -- hookem -- Saturday, 5-23-15, at 5:23 p.m.
Re: fishing report -- King -- Sunday, 5-24-15, at 1:33 a.m.
Re: fishing report -- hookem -- Monday, 5-25-15, at 9:25 a.m.
Re: fishing report -- Terry -- Monday, 5-25-15, at 9:14 p.m.
Re: fishing report -- King -- Tuesday, 5-26-15, at 12:20 a.m.
Re: fishing report -- Terry -- Thursday, 5-28-15, at 10:08 p.m.
Re: fishing report -- diver531 -- Friday, 5-29-15, at 9:08 a.m.
Re: fishing report -- Terry -- Friday, 5-29-15, at 6:20 p.m.
Re: fishing report -- applejack -- Sunday, 5-31-15, at 12:29 p.m.
Re: fishing report -- diver531 -- Sunday, 5-31-15, at 5:42 p.m.
Re: fishing report -- Terry -- Sunday, 5-31-15, at 10:57 p.m.
Terry - Re: Snakes -- Capt D -- Monday, 6-1-15, at 11:01 a.m.
Re: Terry - Re: Snakes -- jimmyc -- Monday, 6-1-15, at 7:27 p.m.
Re: Terry - Re: Snakes -- diver531 -- Monday, 6-1-15, at 11:45 p.m.
Re: Terry - Re: Snakes -- applejack -- Tuesday, 6-2-15, at 6:15 p.m.
Re: fishing report -- applejack -- Monday, 6-1-15, at 6:20 p.m.
Snakezilla -- King -- Tuesday, 6-2-15, at 12:19 a.m.

 

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