WILD PHOTOGRAPHY - Agkistrodon piscivorus
Ah yes, the feared Cottonmouth AKA Water Moccasin!
I had the opportunity to photograph a Water Moccasin down by the creek earlier. Since their main defense mechanisms are flattening their bodies and gaping with their mouths wide open revealing the light-pink inside (where they get the name Cottonmouth from) it was rather easy to photography it.
Here is a close up of the gaping mouth. I wonder how many frogs have slid down that hole. Anyway, despite the fact that they are a venomous pit viper, they still are a beautiful creature and I really enjoyed photographing this one earlier. Enjoy the photos!
Agkistrodon piscivorus
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Phew...Nasty looking sucker.
Yeah, it's nice to see them ahead of time, before you step on them!
For sure!
thx for sharing
Some pretty cool shots, I'd be pretty nervous. Thanks!
hey, it really is a beautiful snake. Good photos too.
How did you do to discover it and take the photos?
Thanks for the great post. I grew up in Texas and saw my fair share of these.
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Very special defense technic for a snake, but for sure it can make the stranger and other animals afraid to go closer. Also, the flattening is not really common with the snake, I see some flattening but in a different way like the cobra or green banana tree snake what is the normal size of the Water Moccasin? Thanks for sharing those nice pics and good explanation.
where his teeth
Tucked back at the moment.
Here you can see where they are located though.
ok thank you
Looks scary and in the same time beautiful
Awesome photos, im gonna follow for more
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Gorgeous photos of a gorgeous snake!
Thank you!
oh boy.....this snake reminds me of when I was a child.....my sisters were swimming by the shore in Muskoka - Portage Lake and the adults were on the shore screaming for us to get out of the water. My youngest sister didn't hear the warnings, so a man ran up to her along a dock and yelled "Look out little girl there is a snake behind you".!! She turned around and was face to face with the biggest snake I'd ever seen. It was perked up like a cobra!. Of course she screamed like a little girl and the man grabbed her out of the water. My mother was frozen on the shore because of her fear of snakes. She couldn't speak for a few hours. A few men chased the snake to some rocks along the shore and killed it. Why? I don't know but your pictures reminded me of this beastly snake. It was probably smaller than I remember but I was small then. Thankfully I did not inherit my mother's fear of snakes. I don't particularly love them but I am not afraid to look at them either. My sister? Oh ya, she's afraid of snakes and worms. She can't walk in the rain because of the worms on the sidewalk. Funny.
Love your curiosity though!
Wow! Afraid of worms in the rain! Oh no! Your poor sister.