SpeedRacer 1 #1 May 18, 2005 Can you identify this snake? It was found in the little frog pond in my aunt's garden in Maryland. The frogs are disappearing. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #2 May 18, 2005 Derek thinks it's a copperhead/cottonmouth. Either way he told me I do not get to pet it and baby talk it. Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpchikk 0 #3 May 18, 2005 How about a snake I don't want to be anywhere near? What about a water moccasin? YIKES!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 3 #4 May 18, 2005 Looks like a cottonmouth. To verify this, entice him to strike, then peer between the fangs embedded in your forearm.....if his interior looks very white and billowy, you've identified him. It more than likely won't kill you. Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #5 May 18, 2005 I am gonna go with cottonmouth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 May 18, 2005 I've just been googling images, and I don't think its a cottonmouth/water moccasin. They are blacker and fatter. It looks to me like a Northern Water Snake. Just found a website about snakes in Maryland: QuoteMyths and Facts About Snakes Myth - All water snakes are water moccasin's. Fact - The eastern cottonmouth (water moccasin) does not occur in the state of Maryland. Water moccasins can be found in the lower southeastern portion of Virginia. The most likely water snake you will see in Maryland is the Northern Water Snake - Nerodia sipedon sipedon. I think I'm probably right. It looks like the images I googled. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #7 May 18, 2005 QuoteI am gonna go with cottonmouth. why, are you smokin a spliff? edit to add ,My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funks 1 #8 May 18, 2005 dat right der would be da infamous elusive maryland frog eating snake...dangerous critter if ya ask me! one of those bastards ate my frog too poor pepe, i still miss 'em Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #9 May 18, 2005 Here's a picture of a Northern Water Snake. There were others as well. They vary a bit in terms of color, but the mottled pattern is the same as the one in my aunt's pond. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #10 May 18, 2005 The bite test will work. The cottonmouth if the only venomous water snake, so you should be able to tell pretty quick after being bitten. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #11 May 18, 2005 that would be the rarely seen target snake....I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justaflygirl 0 #12 May 18, 2005 thats definitly a cottonmouth, too big to be a copperhead... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluheelrtx 0 #13 May 18, 2005 QuoteLooks like a cottonmouth. To verify this, entice him to strike, then peer between the fangs embedded in your forearm.....if his interior looks very white and billowy, you've identified him. It more than likely won't kill you. Don Lots of harmless watersnakes look like cottonmouths. That's why so many harmless snakes get killed. I believe that a real cottonmouth has a racoon-like stripe behind its eye (along it's jaw?). I have probably half a dozen water snakes in my back yard. Cool stuff. Jason ---- Jason -- Some people never go crazy. What truly boring lives they must lead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #14 May 18, 2005 QuoteLooks like a cottonmouth. Quote It more than likely won't kill you. wth are you smoking? If it's a cottonmouth it will be very aggressive. Shoot on site. Shoot any snake on site. Don't worry about asking questions later - just shoot.Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluheelrtx 0 #15 May 18, 2005 QuoteQuoteLooks like a cottonmouth. Quote It more than likely won't kill you. wth are you smoking? If it's a cottonmouth it will be very aggressive. Shoot on site. Shoot any snake on site. Don't worry about asking questions later - just shoot. Some harmless water snakes appear to be aggressive(defensive) as well. Not a good indicator. Let's kill everything we're too stupid or impatient to understand. Eventually, what is left will kill us. Jason ---- Jason -- Some people never go crazy. What truly boring lives they must lead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avion 0 #16 May 18, 2005 Yep, looks like a Water Moccasin. Keep Away from it They can be nasty. See attached photo. Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #17 May 18, 2005 whatever it is i am runnninghttp://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #18 May 18, 2005 Have you guys read the rest of the thread? (I still think its a Northern Water Snake, since there are no cottonmouths/water moccassins in maryland). Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vmsfreaky1 0 #19 May 18, 2005 QuoteQuoteLooks like a cottonmouth. Quote It more than likely won't kill you. wth are you smoking? If it's a cottonmouth it will be very aggressive. Shoot on site. Shoot any snake on site. Don't worry about asking questions later - just shoot. LOL! O wacking day, o wacking day... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 0 #20 May 18, 2005 Everyone's just ignoring you . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #21 May 18, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteLooks like a cottonmouth. Quote It more than likely won't kill you. wth are you smoking? If it's a cottonmouth it will be very aggressive. Shoot on site. Shoot any snake on site. Don't worry about asking questions later - just shoot. Some harmless water snakes appear to be aggressive(defensive) as well. Not a good indicator. Let's kill everything we're too stupid or impatient to understand. Eventually, what is left will kill us. Jason -- Wtf? *jumper looks around* damn, for a minute there I thought we were in SC... Down heeler, down.Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #22 May 18, 2005 What makes me suspicious is the shape of the head, which is partly obstructed by the bushes. The head looks like it might have the telltale "heart" shape of a viper head. Of the four poisonous snakes in America, three are vipers; rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and water mocassins. The fourth snake, the Coral Snake, is actually a type of Cobra and does not have a viper head. Coral snakes only live in the deep south, like Florida, and have the red, black & white rings. But vipers all have a head that's shaped like a heart or valentine. All the other non-poisionous snakes have a narrow head the same width as the body. So if the head appears to be wider, it's a viper. Stay away from it. If you have kids, shoot the thing. Snakes are beautiful they eat rats & God bless 'em, but kids are even more precious (and they eat rats too...). Which brings up another topic, encountering snakes on the dropzone, or after an out landing. Does everybody know to look OVER a fallen log, or a large rock, to see what's on the other side before stepping over it ? A lot of people who don't look first get bitten that way. We have encountered rattlers at Perris once in the parking lot, a HUGE rattler at Otay underneath a packing table (this was in the old days), and another big rattler at Z-Hills UNDERNEATH A CUTAWAY MAIN. The locals advised us to pick up a cutaway by picking up a riser and dragging the canopy for a few feet before attempting to pick it up. Good thing too because there was a big rattler underneath and boy was it PISSED OFF. One more reason not to jump in sandles... Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #23 May 18, 2005 QuoteEveryone's just ignoring you Yep. A lot of people on DZ.com just jump in at the end of a thread without reading what happend before. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 0 #24 May 18, 2005 That snake's a cottonmouth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #25 May 18, 2005 It's a shame you didn't get a better pic of it's head. If the head was of a triangular shape, it's a bad motherfucker, and requires chopping its head off to dispose of it. Done that a couple times myself... used a shovel too... Just don't want them around my house... I live on a lake..."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
