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How Big Was the Largest Cottonmouth Ever Recorded? Huge.

Abby Parks By Abby Parks
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The rivers and swamps of the Southeast are home to the cottonmouth, a venomous water snake famous for swimming, climbing, and sometimes dropping into boats. Also called the water moccasin, this snake can grow impressively large. But just how big do they get? Watch this fascinating video to find out!

Abby Parks

About the Author

Abby Parks

Abby Parks has authored a fiction novel, theatrical plays, short stories, poems, and song lyrics. She's recorded two albums of her original songs, and is a multi-instrumentalist. She has managed a website for folk music and written articles on singer-songwriters, folk bands, and other things music-oriented. She's also a radio DJ for a folk music show. As well as having been a pet parent to rabbits, birds, dogs, and cats, Abby loves seeking sightings of animals in the wild and has witnessed some more exotic ones such as Puffins in the Farne Islands, Southern Pudu on the island of Chiloe (Chile), Penguins in the wild, and countless wild animals in the Rocky Mountains (Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Goats, Moose, Elk, Marmots, Beavers).
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