Comments on: Identification of Venomous Snakes in the U.S. http://sensationalserpents.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:22:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jcbiggar1 http://sensationalserpents.com/snake-identification/identification-of-venomous-snakes-in-the-us/#comment-1785 jcbiggar1 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:10:23 +0000 http://sensationalserpents.com/snake-identification/identification-of-venomous-snakes-in-the-us/#comment-1785 Hey Jean Patrick Meert, This snake has been given these two names, the Cottonmouth and Water Moccasin, for two reasons, here they are: The Cottonmouth got its name from its habit of opening its mouth wide showing its white "cotton colored" lining. It does this to scare off predators. The Water Moccasin got its name because of its habitat. This snake is a water snake, which means it lives near water. This snake also has moccasin color skin. So this snake was give the name Water occasin also. I really hope this helps. Hey Jean Patrick Meert, This snake has been given these two names, the Cottonmouth and Water Moccasin, for two reasons, here they are: The Cottonmouth got its name from its habit of opening its mouth wide showing its white “cotton colored” lining. It does this to scare off predators. The Water Moccasin got its name because of its habitat. This snake is a water snake, which means it lives near water. This snake also has moccasin color skin. So this snake was give the name Water occasin also. I really hope this helps.

]]> By: jean patrick meert http://sensationalserpents.com/snake-identification/identification-of-venomous-snakes-in-the-us/#comment-1573 jean patrick meert Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:52:28 +0000 http://sensationalserpents.com/snake-identification/identification-of-venomous-snakes-in-the-us/#comment-1573 Which to know more of the mocassin snake. A specially the origine of the name. Can anyone help me on that? Which to know more of the mocassin snake. A specially the origine of the name.

Can anyone help me on that?

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