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Went out herpin' this morning and was having a fairly nice day lookin' over a new hunting spot with lots of old buildings and tin laying around.I found a nice black rat and a box turtle, was in a good mood then,this I ran across this on my way back to the house!Kinda messed up my day. Jeff

Wow! that sucks. Seriously, who'd do that.

People around here kill any/all snake (South Florida) Infact considereing so many consider them venemous its puzzling how instead of leaving it alone they chase it with a bat,shovel,etc

We had a neighbor kill over 100 baby snakes when he went camping . Showed us the pics on his cell phone. They were some type garter or water snake I couldnt tell

I hope that was due to a car or a raccoon and not teenaged stupidity!

~ Mike Russo

He was found in the road.I don't think the thing on his head is a string but,I still know where he's at so I'll take a closer look.It burns my ass to see this,these things are getting rarer in my area.

Is that a string tied around his jaw (mouth)?
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Oh jeez.. i didn't notice the string at first glance, but I just blew up the pic and that's what it looks like to me.. Honestly, what is wrong with people?

~ Mike Russo

You can plainly see that snake has the markings of a "Cottonmouth Rattlesnake"!....(sarcasm)

Takes all kinds of "@$$-whipes" to make a world,...doesn't it?

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Looks to me like it has some copperhead in the genetics as well, and when copperhead and cottonmouth breed, it's very dangerous !!
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I decided my old sig was too big.

Actually,I was thinking maybe it was a rattlehead coppersnake!lol! Jeff

What a shame! Look at that awesome chain pattern!!!