Photos / Sounds

What

Northern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)

Observer

jblinde

Date

May 10, 2020 05:00 PM CDT

Description

When I walked by this on the trail, my first thought was that it was a really long snake. Then I realized that it was two snakes, but only one snake had a head- because the head of the plain-bellied water snake was inside the cottonmouth. However, it seems I startled the cottonmouth into giving up its meal, because it un-swallowed the other snake and left.