My first venomous find. OBX vacation herping.

Well, actually my wife found it I guess. ;)

We were at the Hatteras lighthouse and found some trails behind it. They went around some wetlands so we poked around a bit and found this guy. Pretty sure he is an eastern water moccasin. We were pretty excited. I was hoping he would show us his cotton-mouth but he didn't even react other than a tongue flick :lick: when I pushed the brush away to take a picture. He was a beautiful orange, I can't even find any pictures of one this color.


http://i.imgur.com/vWnIB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jjSsG.jpg

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And here is what you are up against trying to find it.

http://i.imgur.com/vjELQ.jpg

Wow great find luckily you spotted him he looks very camoflaged.

What an angry looking little face!

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Beautiful! Congrats on an awesome find.

I'm no expert, but I think that one is a copperhead. Either way, no kisses for him.

Nice find, it is indeed a cottonmouth! :gj:

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Nice find, it is indeed a cottonmouth! :gj:

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Cool, I learned something today.

That's awesome! I go to OBX every year in August so ill have to do some searching next time. Where do you stay?

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What an angry looking little face!

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I know, right! He definitely looks as dangerous as he is.

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That's awesome! I go to OBX every year in August so ill have to do some searching next time. Where do you stay?

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We go all the way down to Hatteras, the house we stay at is right by the ferry to Ocracoke. The lighthouse is in Buxton. When you leave the lighthouse there is a new road to the left and a parking area with some picnic benches. There is a "dog must be leashed" sign by a path and nothing else to mark it. It was a 3/4 mile loop that went around some marshes. The girl at the lighthouse museum actually gave us a map and said to watch for snakes on that one and we were like "perfect!"

Yep cotton mouth saw many the few years i lived in fl they can be really mean or let you pass with not knowing you was there ..had one tag a horse i was riding once not a fun day for sure

Dude, he's neat! Awesome find.

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Nice find! Never seen one quite that color before. Here is one a friend of mine owns that is about the closest I've seen to the color of the one you found. The pic was taken through the plastic lid so it looks kinda hazy. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/10/01/ma4e5ane.jpg

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Nice find! Never seen one quite that color before. Here is one a friend of mine owns that is about the closest I've seen to the color of the one you found. The pic was taken through the plastic lid so it looks kinda hazy. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/10/01/ma4e5ane.jpg

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Awesome, and I can't blame you for taking it through the lid ;) Is the one in your pic in shed or is the lid making his eye blue?

I thought he was just young and bright but he was really orange, and probably over 4 feet. That would be cool if we found a cottonmouth morph.

No he wasn't in shed. It was just the camera angle/ flash.