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Black Snake or Cottonmouth?

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Tyler Durden Newbie

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There are only 2 snakes in our part of NC you need to worry about... Cottonmouth and Copperhead... Both have arrow shaped heads and one is dark brown/black and patterned, and the other is copper colored...

There are 3 different rattlers in NC, but none in our neck of the woods... and the coast will have the occasional coral snake...

All in all they are mostly harmless... More likely to make you hurt yourself than actually hurt you...

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yeah, familiar with those 2 types.. I've seen many copperheads, and then even more that look just like copperheads that turned out to be nonpoisonous..

I'm coming to the conclusion the ones that I only get a 10 second look at are not poisonous, and the ones who just sit around are poisonous.. killed a copperhead last year bathing in the sun. popped him in the head with a big ass 2x4.. 30 minutes later, he was still moving around.. (yes, his head had exploded from the pop)

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a coworker of mine (now deceased) used to tell the story of how he and some friends used to stuff a huge black rat snake into a purse and leave it in the middle of the road... people would stop and snag the purse and peel off down the road... after a few feet, they'd slam on brakes and you'd see everyone file out of the car... lol

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Speaking of snakes..

Back i my framing days i use to put this big, nasty looking rubber snake under plywood boards or in a box of nails so that one of my co workers would fall victim to my awesome prank.

Dirty but funny as hell.

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aww man don't kill any snakes... they are good pest control

I hear ya.. was at someone's house with kids playing near by, would do it again.. I normally don't want to fug with a poisonous snake anyway. Less of a chance for me to get bitten if I walk away from it.

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Bleys...probably just a rat snake or a big grey water snake.

Even wildlife officers at Jordan Lake will tell you we have water snakes...not cottonmouths. If you do...they are rare. Cottonmouths around here aren't typically black...they are dark with a pattern. Relatively short with large heads. I've been on the Chowan River enough to have seen my share of cottonmouths.

I used to kill every damned snake I'd come across in my yard, but I've gotten a bit more tolerant to black, king, and corn snakes. I've killed copperheads though. Lot of them in Garner area. Killed big aggressive water snakes too that like to get in our pool. You'd swear they were moccasins due to their meanness...but they aren't poisonous. Will still bite the crap out of you...but not send you to the hospital.

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