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    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 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.










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

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    Wow great find luckily you spotted him he looks very camoflaged.
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    What an angry looking little face!

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    If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

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    Beautiful! Congrats on an awesome find.
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    I'm no expert, but I think that one is a copperhead. Either way, no kisses for him.

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    Nice find, it is indeed a cottonmouth!

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    Re: My first venomous find. OBX vacation herping.

    Quote Originally Posted by John1982 View Post
    Nice find, it is indeed a cottonmouth!
    Cool, I learned something today.

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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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    Re: My first venomous find. OBX vacation herping.

    Quote Originally Posted by DrDooLittle View Post
    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?
    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!"
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    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

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