Y’all like snakes? Me? I think they are weird and just leave them alone. But sometimes you just see a cottonmouth looking for food and you have a camera. Maybe I just spend a lot of time outdoors.
But I think this is the best shot of a cottonmouth, or any snake, that I’ve ever gotten.
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#AgkistrodonConanti, the #FloridaCottonmouth; #MonroeCounty, #Florida (13 March 2023). Though venomous, cottonmouths are anything but aggressive (despite popular mythology). They're deliberative, cautious, and stubborn at times, but they're very far from being aggressive!
More eco-photography at http://floridensis.com. #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Snakes #Reptiles #Agkistrodon #Cottonmouth
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Anything but aggressive: #AgkistrodonConanti, the #FloridaCottonmouth; #MiamiDadeCounty, #Florida (14 March 2023). In all my years of watching them, I have not once encountered an aggressive #cottonmouth. They can certainly be stubborn and defensive, but they remain one of the easiest species to photograph in Florida! They are very good communicators.
More eco-photography at http://floridensis.com. #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Snakes #Reptiles #Agkistrodon
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Seen today at a park. I think it's a cottonmouth eating a fish.
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Cotton Mouth:
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Kudos Emma F. Stone, Ph.D. (Not the actress) for yet another in a long line of well-written pieces for Leafly
Have a read about #Xerostomia (= #Cottonmouth)
As cannabis becomes universal, the absence of protective saliva in the mouth + changes in oral colonies of bacteria, symbiotic species of fungus, and some locally harmful effects of cannabinoids may stir up some serious, unappreciated oral+dental public health issues.
https://www.leafly.com/news/health/what-causes-cannabis-cottonmouth
May your new year be filled with the kind of luck that lets you find a beautiful Cottonmouth!
one of the highlights of 2022 for me was seeing this beauty and helping escort it off the road
Beautiful cottonmouth crossing a dirt road and rural north Florida