Thread: Beware of your surroundings

Originally Posted by jack

Just about all poisonous snakes in N America have a vertical looking pupil. Just google a rattler, cottonmouth and copperhead and see for yourself. The Corral snake may be the exception. Most of us don't want to get close enough to verify...

I don't want to be close enough to see those

Originally Posted by jack

Just about all poisonous snakes in N America have a vertical looking pupil. Just google a rattler, cottonmouth and copperhead and see for yourself. The Corral snake may be the exception. Most of us don't want to get close enough to verify...

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

I don't want to be close enough to see those

They also have a pit between their eyes and nostrils hence the name "pit vipers". But again, who wants to get close enough to see that? I have learned that a water snake when feeling threatened, can flatten its head and it appears triangular, like a cottonmouth. Markings can be similar so, again, the pupil and pits are dead giveaways. So feel free to get nose to nose to examine his pupils and nostrils, lol!