Is this snake friend or foe?

[Chrisl8n]

I've seen it in the pond at the house 2 or 3 times. I don't know if it's a copperhead or a water snake. It doesn't look to have the viper shaped noggin on it but I'd hate to be wrong.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

ain't no copperhead

 

[Nicodemus]

It`s a watersnake.

Don`t rely on a triangle shaped head for a positive ID on a snake.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

this is the pattern you look for on a copperhead.

It kinda looks like a Hersey Kisses...

 

[Chrisl8n]

Thank you fellers. I'd prbly still have to change my drawers if it struck at me. I've only seen it at night when I'm walking around the edge looking at the minnows sleeping and the crawdads....crawing. But it gets your attention.

 

[blood on the ground]

So many people mistake this snake for a copperhead.

 

[Barry Duggan]

Only a foe when it's fighting you over your stringer of fish.

 

[Resica]

Only a foe when it's fighting you over your stringer of fish.

Or latching on to your leg.

 

[mdgmc84]

To my dogs it's a chew toy, heard them causing a ruckus the other day and they had got one, one had it's head, the other had it's tail and they were playing tug-o-war with it. Harmless water snake thankfully

 

[The mtn man]

this is the pattern you look for on a copperhead.

It kinda looks like a Hersey Kisses...

Yea, or an X or hour glass

 

[watermedic]

They can me mean as heck.

They will strike at you from 5 feet away too.

But they are harmless.

 

[Bucky T]

Banded Watersnake.

Harmless, but like others have stated, mean, have a nasty bite....

I quit trying to catch them a long time ago...

 

[redneck_billcollector]

I consider all snakes friends.....

 

[Sweetwater]

I consider all snakes friends.....

Me too brother. If I didnt put it here...aint gonna eat it.....and it aint bothering me...I leave it alone.

 

[srb]

?

It`s a watersnake.

Don`t rely on a triangle shaped head for a positive ID on a snake.

Want the triangle venimous?

 

[Nicodemus]

Want the triangle venimous?

I don`t understand your question?

 

[srb]

Always heard triangle was venimous?Is that rt Head wise?

 

[Nicodemus]

Always heard triangle was venimous?Is that rt Head wise?

No, not always. Several non venomous types can have a triangle shaped head. A surefire way to ID a pit viper is to look at the eye. If it has an elliptical (cat eye) pupil, it is venomous.

 

[egomaniac247]

I heard(?) that water snakes have some type of something in them that if they bite you, your blood has a hard time coagulating and hence you'll bleed for a while.

I've never come across a water snake that I considered picking up because they are some ornery cusses.

 

[The Longhunter]

I heard(?) that water snakes have some type of something in them that if they bite you, your blood has a hard time coagulating and hence you'll bleed for a while.

I've never come across a water snake that I considered picking up because they are some ornery cusses.

Water snakes, and many other snakes, have a mild venom. It's not fatal or potentially fatal unless you're a frog. People react to the venom differently. I don't have any reaction to their bite, because I don't mess with them. There are some questions I can stand not knowing the answer to.