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lol - Moccasins don't climb trees. That was a Brown water snake.
So this aggressive snake was in your boat, this small confined area, attacked you but still, you never got bit?
I never said they weren't aggressive when provoked. What I'm saying it they don't intentionally "chase" people just for the sake of biting someone like a lot of people here have claimed.
Interesting you mention that. I was diving a river cave a few weekends ago,and I was going to put in a secondary tie off in the cavern,and sticking 4" out from the rock I was going to use was a water moccasin. None the less,found another placement.
So you've never been bitten either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop
They do climb trees, at least a couple of feet into small trees, I didn't get bit as I destroyed the paddle killing the snake.
I've also been told they can't bite underwater either because they would drown if the opened their mouth underwater. Have you ever heard that?
I've never been "chased" by any snake. I have stood there and had them haul ass right between my legs though.
This is what I do when I'm not diving, so yeah, I spend a lot of time in swamps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bwXinLdoDQ
ETA: I've never seen a cottonmouth in a tree either. I did find a ball python in a tree in this same swamp about five years ago though. Still have him.
must change title of thread..... cant use three donts in the title or it will not go to the second page
Nope but I have heard that turkey farmers won't let the turkeys out when it's raining because the raindrops hitting them on the head makes them look up and they will drown with the raindrops running down their nostrils lolQuote:
Originally Posted by a64pilot
Look up ANY authority on snakes, Moccasins do not climb trees, they like being low and near the water (hence their name). Climbing a foot or two off the ground onto/into a tangle of Cypress roots hardly constitutes climbing a tree.
Moccasins are probably THE MOST miss identified snake in the US. Everybody wants to think they saw a Moccasin. I worked at two (and lived at another) Florida State Parks so I've heard it all before. That entire time I saw ONE positivley identified Moccasin and dozens if not a hundred that were miss identified.
Well, I know where you can find one and make sissies out of a few of us.
So, even though you spend a significant amount of your leasure time in swamps, you've...Quote:
Originally Posted by hunabku
A) Never been "chased" by snake much less attacked by a Moccasin. Further, you've never been bitten by one.
B) Never seen a Moccasin in a tree
I fixed it. Folks, try to remember when you start a thread, don't end the title with an elipse (...) or the thread won't go to Page 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by JerseyJersey
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