FACTS: Northern Water Snakes are nonvenomous, but they all have very sharp teeth and the teeth may break off in your skin. They are very heavy bodied and the biggest one I’ve caught was around 30 inches, but they can grow to be 51 inches.
Three weeks ago I caught a magnificent colored Northern Water Snake, at Coon Tree in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina. I found this one in a patch of grass by the river’s edge. There were people yelling that it was a copperhead and not to catch it, but I caught it and it was just a Northern Water Snake. There were 2 other Northern Water Snakes: one blind and the other too fast. I think it was a male because it had bright red on the underside, where it is usually plain white, but I am still not sure. The snake was about 2 feet long, with dark brown cross bands (bands on the side of the snake) and dorsal blotches (blotches on its back). It had a reddish under belly with black specks.
FACTS: Northern Water Snakes are nonvenomous, but they all have very sharp teeth and the teeth may break off in your skin. They are very heavy bodied and the biggest one I’ve caught was around 30 inches, but they can grow to be 51 inches.
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Dad
8/29/2014 04:29:38 am
Very awesome!!!
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Pa
9/1/2014 06:55:30 am
Pretty cool Dude! I like the way it wrapped around your wrist so I can see the coloring. How many snakes do you think you've caught so far?
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Grant
9/5/2014 05:18:30 am
I caught 7 different types of snakes probably more and over 50 snakes
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