Cotton-mouth

__**Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus):**__

The cottonmouth is a deadly snake. These vicious snakes have been known to even eat each other! The cottonmouth lives in the southern parts of the eastern United States. The female gives birth to live young, possibly as many as twenty. At times the cottonmouth eats small mammals and birds. Normally, the snakes eat frogs and fish. Despite their ferocious temperment, cottonmouth snakes have predators in snapping turtles, bullfrogs, horned owls, eagles, and wading birds. The cottonmouth is also known as the water moccasin, black moccasin, and black snake.


 * Zachary Eric Plamp**


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