• Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

    =====================
    Posted 08/15/2025
    =====================


    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

    =====================
    Addendum: 01/10/2026
    =====================


    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma...right down the road

ms_terese

ms_terese

Irrelevant User
Joined
Oct 27, 2002
Messages
1,942
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Location
Th' Ozarks
My husband made a magnificent collection of this guy (girl?) earlier tonight. Will take more pics tomorrow after he's settled down, but he's one of the biggest I've seen down here in this area.

Gorgeous animal!
 

Attachments

  • dsc05666.jpg
    dsc05666.jpg
    60.6 KB · Views: 385
Great find guys!!!

How is it's temperment? I've seen umpteen reams of research that say all of the old stories about cottonmouths are just myth, but there are still those few nasty enough to have gotten the myth ball rolling! I'd really like to see him/her sometime!

Talk to you all later --
 
Can't say for sure yet, Darin. Not many wild caughts are very calm when you first scoop them out of the water, so we're going to let him settle down for a day or two.

As far as the myths go......well, I've lived in Missouri long enough, and encountered enough cottonmouths to give some validity to their reputation. While I'm sure that most of them are as docile and shy as any other snake you come across, I've seen first hand some truly assertive/aggressive behavior. I suspect they may be more territorial than other snakes, if anything.

Will keep you posted.
 
I stand corrected

Darin,

Well, in the time he's been here (he's being released this evening) he's been a perfect gentleman. Quite docile and non-aggressive, even when mucking with his enclosure.

We've gotten plenty of pictures, am posting one more to show the gorgeous face, and then he goes back to his lake :)
 

Attachments

  • dsc05703.jpg
    dsc05703.jpg
    60.5 KB · Views: 352
thats a beautiful snake but i wouldnt take the chance on pickin up wild snakes....its cool that u do but wait til you get bit and pass out like i did a year ago
 
Been there done that. Had 20? Southern Pacific rattlers over the years and some were flat out docile. Got bit by a baby eventually. Getting bit isn't worth it. Costs serious $$$ to treat the bite.
 
If you take all the precautions, then there is a slim slim chance of getting bitten. That includes using something like tongs and a hook, or even just tongs. Keeping the snake extended away from your body.
I cant say for sure that is the most risk free way, as Im not personally a hot keeper. But thats the method my friend uses, and he's never been bitten in 3 years of keeping hots. Cobras, Vipers, Rattlers...
 
Back
Top