Nothing gets the adrenaline pumping like coming
across a poisonous snake, when not anticipating one. I do not
recommend, nor usual handle snake I come across in the wild.
But, simple enjoy the opportunity to photograph and observe
the snake.
This time was different this serpent took up
residence by the house. I thought it better to remove the snake
to a better-suited environment. Since the snake was a juvenile,
I jumped to a quick identification of the snake, my mistake.
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| Eastern
Cottonmouth |
Knowing the Northern Copperhead (Agkistrodon
contortrix mokasen) to be docile, I came back with a trash
can and lid. Directed the snake into the open, reached down
and placed the snake into the container.
Releasing the snake to its new abode, I started
taking images of the snake. It was early the next morning
that I started to look at the images thoroughly. I had mis-identified
the snake, it was an Agkistrodon piscivorous piscivorus or
simply the Eastern Cottonmouth. Fortune was on my side this
time, no hospital trip.
What is the point to my babbling? Revisit the first paragraph;
permit the reptiles to dwell where they are. If you cannot,
make sure you identify the snake correctly.
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