This is one of my favorite venomous snakes!
I know that they get a pretty bad rap, but they aren't all bad. In fact, I really enjoy these guys.
The Water Moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) is a fairly common snake in the southern United Snakes. They are the only semi-aquatic pit viper in the world, and are often found near the water.
I did not meet them until we moved to Arkansas, and now we know of some places where they can readily be found. Their most common foods are frogs and fish, and they do not lay eggs but rather give live birth to their young. Though many are terrified of them, they will usually just try to get away or simply display their large, gaping mouth when threatened. Enjoy the video!
The information is the video is original but I did have a quick refresher from this source.
THE WILD-MAN'S WILD FRIENDS - EPISODE 55
WATER MOCCASIN
If you enjoy these videos, please consider thanking @thelivingpoet for encouraging me to make them!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-wild-friend-water-moccasin
Until next time…
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Im not really a big snake fan. I just moved to a farm in PA and we have copperheads and rattle snakes. We also have bears and coyotes. I hate to admit it but the only thing that strikes fear into my hear are the Wasps!!!
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Woooooo looking very dangerous, you are really wild and brave @papa-pepper
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YES... Papa is the REAL Deal...
Both the second & last photographs are awesome !!
Out of curiosity, who is doing the camera work ?
Thanks 4 Sharing...
Cheers !!
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uops that lucking good , nice photos
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@papa-pepper ....It's wonderful the way you hold this snake .
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Wow! Your real wildman!
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What an incredible post! I love reading your amazing animal stories!
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After watching the post You are a very brave person..not me sooo sad.
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We have them here but I live in the wet lands so it is a very common snake I haven't spied in on our land yet but I have found their snake dens. And I am assuming it is from Water Moccasin's since we have so many here. But it also could be from the garter snake as those are fairly common in Indiana also. Once we are living out the I suspect I will finally see one and know which of the two are making so many snake holes in our ground. I like nature but I am not as brave as you are to get as close to a venomous snake and pick it up. Now the non venomous ones I have no problem with or with venomous ones that have had their fangs removed, though I think that is cruel to do.
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Basically, he wants to get rid of our threats. but for me the snake remains a scary thing 😓. but it looks like @papa-pepper is expertly friends with 🐍. 👍
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post is very interesting @ papa-pepper if you are not busy, please visit my blog also to look around :)
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Dude! Don't be playin around with them mean ass water demons! Jeezus! Didn't you ever see Lonesome Dove?
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No, I never seen it. Is that what happened to the other dove that made the one in the title lonely?
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A man of the land such as yourself has never watched Lonesome Dove? Drop everything immediately and watch it! Then report back.
Seriously its a good flick. Before Tombstone. Before Unforgiven. There was Lonesome Dove.
Its a good book too.
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Nice to meet the moccasin. I always assumed all snakes lay eggs; guess this is a special one. Knowing they are venomous I would never approach one or even handle it. Thank you for doing it and sharing with us :)
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Hope you have a cupboard full of medicine or ways to treat snake bites and other crazy critter bites, cause you are definitely a wild man, living on the wild side
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I know vipers give the most painful death.
There are Banded Kraits in Arkansas?
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No there are not. Those are sea snakes, are they not?
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No, but Kraits are super poisonous; perhaps more than the King Cobra.
A bite from the Banded Krait kills in 15 minutes! There is a Common Krait too, which harms people in sleep - death in 5 to 10 days.
Vipers are noisy - make a loud hissing sound. The saw-scaled viper tops the list. The Malabar Pit Viper found in rubber plantations in India gives the most painful death.
Sea snakes inject the least poison and kill INSTANTLY! Most river snakes are innocuous.
Snakes with rounded tails are often harmless. Pointed tails indicate danger!
If a snake leaves a set of tooth marks, there's nothing to worry. One deep wound from a single tooth could be fatal.
I had read a magazine cover story on snakes as a twelve-year-old. It's all still in my brain.
I swear by God's name - no Googling!
I will google snakes in Arkansas now. I think Bill Clinton was governor there. :)
Sorry for the long post. I got excited!
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Looks pretty scary to me.
I grew up in town...never saw any wild critters when I was young.
When I was thirty I got a small place in the country...only venomous snakes were rattlers.
I've heard about the cottonmouth You're exactly right about the bad rep.
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Omgg.. Thanks God we don't have them here...
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I just loved this video. I've gotten so much better about letting venomous creatures live when I happen upon them. It use to be off with their heads. Now I'm more chill if I come across them in "their" environment. I try and make a pack with you go your way I'll go mine. Now if they venture close to my home or livestock, sorry, it's still off with their heads.
I've never been confident enough in myself to handle any venomous creature. Maybe one day.
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Hey, @papa-pepper! I have a lot of respect for all animals. The creed is: leave them alone and they'll leave you alone, generally. There is always an exception to the rule. But don't go hunting for trouble.
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@papa-pepper you are very brave, I am afraid of snakes :(
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Grew up in Alabama and went to many rattlesnake roundups . Caught plenty of them and was never bitten. I also raised Boa Constrictor for a few years. The peanut fields in the area were just full of rattlesnakes so you had to watch where you stepped.
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One of the bravest posts yet. Bravo.
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Nice post papa please resteem my post
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"This is one of my favorite venomous snakes!"
I never heard anyone say this before, but here we are! Haha. Nice pics as usual man.
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OMG😳Never seen one Up close before..growing up in Okeechobee FL parents always told us to steer clear of them..😉Thanks for sharing👋🏼Love your background serenade😁
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