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18. When a Water Moccasin opens it's mouth

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:08 PM

Dec 2012

and it's cottony-white inside, you can see where they got the name.

My first run-in was at Cummins Falls outside of Cookeville, TN.

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My dog was once bitten by a Copperhead. [View all] NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 OP

OMG Skittles Dec 2012 #1

Copperhead, rattlesnake, garter snake LeftofObama Dec 2012 #2

Like everything, it comes with experience. NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #6

they really ARE "more afraid of you than you are of them." LeftofObama Dec 2012 #7

OK. I just had another mental image NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #12

Cottonmouth aka Water Moccasin? Control-Z Dec 2012 #13

When a Water Moccasin opens it's mouth NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #18

Yes they will! DeSwiss Dec 2012 #17

Are perhaps donco Dec 2012 #3

Snakes are among the few things that I will kill. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #4

Oh that poor puppy! Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #5

I think he learned his lesson, at least NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #8

Red to yellow, kill a fellow; red to black, friend of Jack Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #22

Another feature of venomous snakes in our region is that Tanuki Aug 2017 #27

The answer is obviously to arm the dogs with more snakes! NT rbixby Dec 2012 #9

Of course! NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #10

That's funny, 'cause my cat was once attacked by a scalawag - downandoutnow Dec 2012 #11

Did he jump straight into the air? nt NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #14

I'm so glad the fella is okay! Wow, that must have been a shocker to him! Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #15

If I lived in the city, I'd definitely have him fixed. NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #19

I had a dog that eventually died from testicular cancer. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #23

Wow! What a story! Good information! calimary Dec 2012 #16

NashvilleLefty Diclotican Dec 2012 #20

I wonder how many meters in the air the dog jumped? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #21

A moose once bit my sister. leeroysphitz Dec 2012 #24

Copperhead sake tiffany73 Aug 2017 #25

Oh! I am so sorry! What a terrible ordeal for your little dog! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author drray23 Aug 2017 #26

My dad was bitten by a copperhead when I was a kid Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #29

When I was in high school in West Virginia, the dad of one of my Tanuki Aug 2017 #31

Glad your dog is fine TEB Aug 2017 #33