Is this a young cottonmouth? Found it walking my pup along the sound. He (or she) was sunning on the sand. It was semi-aggressive, as it curled up and struck appx 3 times, but only when I tried to move it (don't worry, I used a stick and moved it far from where any kids could run across it).

ETA: It was appx 6-8 inches long. Very young snake.







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3/31/2007 1:29:44 PM

as far as i can tell in those pics.. its a possibility
see in its mouth at all?

3/31/2007 1:31:44 PM

banded water snake



Nerodia sipedon

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3/31/2007 1:31:54 PM

diamnond back rattler or baby cobra.

3/31/2007 1:32:27 PM

Not a cottonmouth. The head is the wrong shape. Poisonous snakes have big triangular heads.

3/31/2007 1:36:37 PM

no I wasn't able to see its mouth...it was too fast.

Hmmm banded water snake...well, this is a pic I found of a juvi banded water snake in NC. I don't really think they look too alike. This one has too much red on it.



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3/31/2007 1:38:04 PM

my mistake

it's a Nerodia fasciata


banded water

3/31/2007 1:41:29 PM

oh yeah! that's it! thanks

sidenote: wow...I wish my cam took pics that good...

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3/31/2007 1:42:08 PM

it's a NC Long Black Trouser

3/31/2007 1:58:25 PM

thanks for being a responsible person and moving the snake out of harm's way instead of just killing it and then posting on TWW afterwards

out of curiosity, where on the coast did you find it?

3/31/2007 2:11:25 PM

oh I love snakes...I'd never kill one on purpose!

I live on the Outer Banks (Dare County). This little guy was sunning himself on the sand between the sound and the brush. Cute lil' guy

3/31/2007 2:37:33 PM

good idea to move em with sticks even though you might not be afraid of their bite. IMO, water snakes have some of the worst smelling musk of the snakes native to NC.

happy to see you saved it, most people see pattern on a snake and automatically think it's a copperhead, which leads them to feel the need to kill it.

4/1/2007 11:38:30 PM

pretty snake!!!
and again, good for you for not stomping it to death like alot of ignorant people!!!!
i really hate that shit.

4/2/2007 12:16:27 AM

^try working at a pet store and putting up with the hordes of people who say shit like "the only good snake is a dead snake," or "any time i see a snake i go out of my way to kill it."

<waiting for the inevitable response of above quotes>

4/2/2007 12:40:57 AM

wtf does your name mean?

4/2/2007 12:47:43 AM

ahaha, afraid to ask it in the other thread where i brought it up?

4/2/2007 1:11:35 AM

not really. at the time, i didnt care because

1) lots of people have obscure names that i dont care about

2) i've never seen you post before

now i just happened across this post, and i see youre like some kind of snake dude, so now im curious what your name means.

4/2/2007 1:20:48 AM

give it time. but yes, it does mean something, and when you figure it out, it'll probably blow your mind. the "-" is only there because spaces in screennames werent allowed.

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4/2/2007 1:23:29 AM

sweet

(im slow to these things)

4/2/2007 1:46:04 AM

copperhead

totally

4/2/2007 1:55:20 AM

I almost stepped directly on a copperhead the other day while he was sunning on a clump of grass


I had boots on, so I did step on him though once I realized what he was


I thought it may have been a juvenile rat snake or something at first which I usually let go depending on where I am at

4/2/2007 3:24:28 AM

i would have so tortured that thing before i killed it

4/2/2007 3:28:29 AM

haha nah


maybe when I was 13

I'm just not into torturing a creature, even if it's a dangerous one... if it needs to go then I'll just go ahead and do it

he took a boot and then a swift blow to the head with a 24" razor sharp machete

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4/2/2007 3:36:37 AM

Quote :

"i would have so tortured that thing before i killed it "

sorry, pwrstrkdf, there aint no fucking "haha" about that...

i knew a twisted fucker in school who tortured animals. he'd set birds on fire, and beat canadian geese to death with baseball bat.

last i heard, he's a registered sex offender getting ready to be released from state prison sometime next year.

i knew of another guy who tortured animals. name was Jeffery Dahmer. maybe you remember him? luckily, he was murdered in prison.

4/2/2007 3:45:40 AM

you must have missed this part

Quote :

"I'm just not into torturing a creature, even if it's a dangerous one... if it needs to go then I'll just go ahead and do it"

I don't kill things just to kill things

my JOB is to help wildlife, not destroy it

4/2/2007 8:54:10 AM

I agree with the banded water snake. We found them all over our yard, so collected a few and took them to a nature place, and they ID'd them for us.

4/2/2007 10:20:01 AM

^^ i understand that, and i didnt miss it.



person1: i like to torture animals

person2: haha. that funny. but nah, it's not my thing.

person1: ok, cool.

person2: ok, cool.

4/2/2007 9:01:44 PM

it was three in the morning

I was drunk


and trying not to be a dick on the internet just because he said something dumb

4/2/2007 10:03:20 PM

damn, man, i'm all about bein a dick on the internet at 3am

and just bein a dick on the internet

and just bein a dick

4/2/2007 10:19:05 PM

Quote :

"diamnond back rattler or baby cobra."

exactly how i view snakes.

4/2/2007 10:54:17 PM

the snake is named Donald R. DeCicco

he attended Hobart College

originally from france

4/2/2007 10:56:09 PM

It was a pretty smart idea to try and use a stick to move a snake in stasis. You sure you couldn't of just stood over the thing and pissed on it?

Sometimes when I'm in the foreign terrain, and I see something I don't know, first thing I do is prod the mother FOR EVERYONES SAFETY.

4/2/2007 11:11:14 PM

so whats your point, firm butt genitals?

4/3/2007 1:37:38 AM

I would have skinned that little fatty, seasoned him with some cajun spice, and tossed him on the grill.

Or let him go.

Either way.

4/3/2007 1:50:14 AM