Thursday, May 10, 2012

Cottonmouth Eats Rattlesnake 01

The cottonmouth (aka water moccasin) is immune to it's own venom. These opportunistic feeders are know to feed on snakes, including their own species as well as other venomous snakes such as the eastern diamondback rattlesnake shown in this video. The cottonmouth's bite injected a fair amount of venom into the rattler's head, which subsequently swelled considerably and paralyzed the rattlesnake within thirty minutes. Nevertheless, it can be observed from this footage, that the eastern diamondback rattlesnake was still alive (tail movements) while almost swallowed by its predator...

6 comments:

  1. That's what is going on where I live. The rattlesnakes are new and unwanted.

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  2. Great video. I assume this was filmed in Florida?

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  4. Sorry, to ask a dumb question but how is the Rattlesnake not immune to the Cottonmouth venom. Are they not the same?

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  5. That is a very young eastern. The cotton mouth would not have won this fight with a mature eastern.

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  6. Isn't this a rare occurrence for a viper to cannibalize another? Only other video I saw like this involved a Puff Adder doing in a Moorish, or Blunt Nosed Viper in Morocco.

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