Cottonmouths are a venomous snake species native to the southeastern U.S.—and this one does not like being filmed. | National Geographic

12K views · 104 reactions | Museum Aquarist Jamie Merrill shows us two commonly confused Mississippi snakes, a cottonmouth and a common watersnake. | Mississippi Museum of Natural Science | Facebook

Stella has been a busy girl. A few days ago she ate a mushroom and her back legs were paralyzed for 24 hours. Yesterday, she found a cottonmouth snake, which her Mom killed. I think the good Lord is looking out for Stella, because both mushrooms and cottonmouth snakes KILL! #miniatureschnauzer | Texas T's Teacup and Toy Schnauzers

80K views · 508 reactions | Will This Cottonmouth Chase Me?? #snakes #snake #reptiles #reptilelover #livingstontexas #Livingston #livingstontx #lakelivingston #parkranger #easttexas #pineywoods #herpetofauna #herpetology #herping #herps #cottonmouth #watermoccasin #watersnake #wildlife #nature #interpreter #interpreters #interpreting #hiking #camping #outdoors #venomoussnakes #venomous #lakelife #animals | Lake Livingston State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife | Facebook

Snake Eats Snake - PART III Monday, 31 May 2021 After nearly two hours of constricting and waiting... and waiting... the final act of swallowing the juvenile cottonmouth went surprisingly fast. So fast in fact that I was a bit disappointed after my long bug-bitten wait not to see very much of the cottonmouth's head. I had expected the rather bulky head of the cottonmouth to present more of an obstacle for the small-headed kingsnake, but once it gets started, it sucks down the cottonmouth quickly