I work at a manufacturing facility in south Ga. Last Fri., some workers killed a "moccasin" inside the plant near a shipping door. I told them it was probably a banded water snake, but when I saw the cell phone pics of the dead snake on one of the guys' phone, I couldn't be sure. It was about four feet long and was either a cottonmouth or a large water snake. The dead snake was discarded after it was killed, so there's no way to be sure. But from the guys' description of its behavior (striking repeatedly, head held high with mouth agape)while they beat it to death, I wonder. We're located near some prime cottonmouth habitat (cypress swamp & boggy creek), but the snake would have had to travel quite some distance over highways, a parking lot, and large mantained lawns. I've never had such a close encounter with a moccasin before, and I know a lot of goobers around here assume any large, dark-colored snake without rattles is a "moccasin". But would one wander this far from its preferred habitat? Your comments, please.
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Moccasin killed in the workplace?
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If the guy still has the pic on his phone, e-mail it to me.
~~Greg~~
Venomous Snakes of Florida
i have read about cottonmouths being found over a mile from the nearest body of water....honestly ,the snakes behavior does sound like a cottonmouth;water snakes are always so quick to flee,at least the ones i've seen.
The employee who spotted the snake first thinks it could have been in a shipping container on one of the trucks that delivers to us. The snake was a foot or two inside the shipping door near some forklift pallets. I'll post a photo as soon as I can get one.
