Pretty much my conclusion ...the only thing is that I never saw it NOT "hooding" ...it heard me coming and turned itself into a Moccasin. Look at it while it swam away...still wide as heck... seeing the pics made me start to reconsider my org harmless water snake ID.
I looked around at a ton of Moccasin pics and only a few had markings reduced in width but none had this type of bands.
Little bit a bummer... like coming across that new slick Honda thinkin' its a Ferrari but finding out its just a cool Honda.
...anyway, very cool Honda. _________________
jet trail in the sunset
a long way away
cutting 'cross the horizon
at the edge of the day
and it calls Jimmy
come fly away
but I've been
too long in the wasteland
too long in the wasteland
I believe I'll have to stay
yeah, I've been
too long in the wasteland
too long in the wasteland
I believe I'll have to stay
--James McMurtry
The beige bands automatically should of told you it wasn't a moccasin. Juvies look almost identical to juvie copperheads. Adults are very dark all around, patern but very had to see.
Anisomorpha buprestoides really neat sticks, They have an unusual defense. They will secrete an acidic compound which can cause temporary blindness if threatened by a predator. It can also shoot this compound up to 15 inches. Humans that get squirted in the eyes can experience severe pain, and irritation for hours or days in some cases.
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