[muawiyah]

Yeah ~ just read several articles on the snake. It's a KNOWN CARRION EATER. Which means that the fact a victim may be covered in cottonmouth bites doesn't mean that's what killed 'em.

These snakes can and will bite anything, dead or alive ~.

They are not particularly aggressive, but you can run into them in the darndest places.

[DogBarkTree]

“They are not particularly aggressive, but you can run into them in the darndest places.”
Have you ever encountered one? Ive been attacked in my canoe more than once. I assure you I was doing nothing to provoke them other than passing through the area. They are quite aggressive and easy to trigger.

[dljordan]

“They are not particularly aggressive, but you can run into them in the darndest places.”

I’ve had them try to crawl in the boat with me. I had one crawl out on the bank next to me when I was night fishing. When I turned my light on it was looking at me with a bream in it’s mouth. It was a Jerry Clower moment that caused me to ruin a good fishing rod.

[vetvetdoug]

The cottonmouth/water moccasin is one of the most unpredictable and aggressive snakes in the world. Steve Irwin handled almost every type of poisonous snake in the world with impunity. His personal statement was that he would not handle a cottonmouth because they were too unpredictable and aggressive. This from someone that handled mambas to cobras...

My personal experience with Mississippi backwater cottonmouths is that the species is highly aggressive and dangerous. If one encounters a snake ball of cottonmouths, that person is more than likely going to die. I treat numerous animals yearly that have been envenomated by cottonmouths...most successfully.

[wardaddy]

I have found them to be fairly agressive....I saw Irwin try to handle one and it was one of the few snakes he needed the pole with.

Strike prone might be more accurate than aggressive.

Bushmasters and mambas are aggressive.

One moccasin bit my buddy in the ear while swimming....he turned into Joseph Merrick’s ear in 30 minutes