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I do snake removal in NC. I get some crazy calls here are a few.

There is a mocisan in my tree = a "mocisan" I prefer to call them by there name copperheads and cotton mouths. any way a copperhead or cotton cant climb more than a foot in a tree.

I saw a sting snake in my yard = ok this one had me clueless. I went out the remove it, It was a mud-snake lol they have ponted tails. the tail has NO sting at all!!!!!!

so far in all the time i have done snake removal i have had a lot more non-ven than ven but some peaple would have you beleve that almost all the snakes you see a ven

Yes, people have soooo many misconceptions about snakes. The sad part is that those misconceptions are created in their head based on absolutely nothing but fear. It's not like they really encountered a snake and saw what they are claiming happened. Some famous myths, well here in the south, not sure of anywhere else, are that a snake chased them or they killed a snake and it's mate followed them to exact their revenge. Silly, silly. Anybody who knows anything about snakes knows that they do not chase people and that whole revenge thing...whatever!

Oh well, as long as we aim to educate, we can help squash some of these funky little tall tales!
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It’s true. People who aren’t nuts about snakes like we are can have a lot of misconceptions. But keep an open mind. Last year when I was walking along a trail (and looking down, of course) I came upon a couple of birders looking intently into some branches about 5 feet off the ground.. When I stopped to see what they’d found, it turned out to be a neonate cottonmouth up there. Pretty funny. But not so odd, since the trail was next to a swamp.

Yeah, Cottonmouths climb sometimes. Spend a little time in the Atchafalaya Swamp and you'll see Cottonmouths in the trees. They are normally not more than a few feet off the ground or water, but they can climb.

Although they are normaly on the ground, I have seen copperheads five or six feet high in branches around the Telico and Hiwassee rivers in Tennessee.(while trout fishing)
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