Wildlife tour gets real when venomous cottonmouth climbs aboard boat off Outer Banks

Good job for these people not panicking....

“I agreed to sit with a paddle and holler in case it tried moving. I could try to quickly scoop it up and get rid of it,” he said. “We were a long way from a hospital and anti-venom, so we were willing to kill it, should it become too aggressive. But I didn’t want to do that.”

" If the snake moved forward, Winn says they intended to jump overboard."



Here's the article:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat...243274121.html

Snake Pic:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/la...bed_fitted.png

Love it when wildlife just gets IN the boat supposedly on a wildlife tour. :rofl:And I hate to tell them but yes, a snake can hold their breath longer than 10 minutes. :D
Just glad no harm came to the snake or the passengers. I can just imagine them panicked & jumping over-board, then finding themselves in the water WITH the snake?

Why do these things never happen to me? I would love an up close with a cotton mouth.

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Originally Posted by Reptile$ 4 Life

Why do these things never happen to me? I would love an up close with a cotton mouth.

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Maybe you just live in the wrong state...?

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Maybe you just live in the wrong state...?

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True... dang it

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Originally Posted by Reptile$ 4 Life

Why do these things never happen to me? I would love an up close with a cotton mouth.

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Thought you're going MIL. You'll meet all types of danger noodles. Fun ones are if you go to a Jungle Warfare School or course. It's fun when your teaching Tommy Tent Peg about danger noodles an the one your showing tags you :O 68W start freaking out as you put the snake back an hand the class over to another trainer.

Number one rule when dealing with danger noodles:

No free handling.

Second rule:

Danger noodle has the right of way:snake:

Glad the people kept their cool. An humans an snake made it home unharmed.