Water Moccasin Eats Rattlesnake 01 Stock Footage
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Published 2017-05-28
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The water moccasin, also know as cottonmouth, is an opportunistic feeder and its diet includes mammals, birds, amphibians, fish, snakes (including venous snakes), small turtles and small alligators. These snake do not hesitate to prey on venomous like rattlesnakes or copperheads. Cannibalism is a frequent occurrence between this species as well as the feeding on carrion. But in general its diet consists of fish and frogs. Fish are captured by cornering them in shallow water, usually against the bank or under logs. They take advantage when bodies of water begin to dry up in the summer or early fall and gorge themselves on the resulting high concentrations of fish and tadpoles.
Frogs and small birds are seized and held until movement stopped. Larger prey will be approached in a more cautious manner; a rapid strike will be executed after which the snake withdraws. Young individuals have yellowish or greenish tail tips and engage in caudal luring. The tail tip is wriggled to lure prey, such as frogs and lizards, within striking distance. These video was filmed by Heiko Kiera aka Ojatro in Florida 2012.
All Comments (21)
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The way the water moccasin popped out from behind that tree... like “oh hell no!”
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This is a juvenile eastern diamond back, adult eastern diamond backs grow twice the size of moccasins.
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Living in Louisiana and Florida all my life 40+ years and being an outdoors lover and seeing a lot of snakes, that looks like the biggest moccasin I've ever seen.
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Moccasin: I’ll have the rattlesnake with a side of flies please, thank you.
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Now his stomach is gonna rattle when he’s sneaking up on his next meal.
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Rattlesnakes are having a very hard time in the snake kingdom. They seem to be fast food for all other snakes
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sometimes you're the diner...sometimes you're the dinner!
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The cotton mouth knew to strike the head and hold on. Amazing
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If you hear a water moccasin rattle ,now you know why.
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Rattle snake: I don’t want no trouble. Moccasin: oh you got trouble!
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All I could think after seeing the water moccasin chomp down on the rattle snake is that’s all those mosquitoes and bugs buzzing around the moccasin’s face would drive me crazy
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Im amazed that smaller snakes just crawl right up to larger snakes to be dinner. Like they have no fear of them
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Rattlesnake: Is there something to eat around here? Water Moccasin: Lunch has arrived!
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I love how clear and clean you footage is
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Now when the Moccasin fart, he rattles!
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Man, those moccasins are some hefty and intimidating looking snakes
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Humans: Steak and fries,,Moccasin: Snake and Flies!
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Whew the size of that Moccasin snake. The poor rattlesnake looked like an earthworm 🤣🤣
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Now THAT was decent footage!
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That is easily the scariest moccasin I’ve ever seen
