Yesterday, after walking the trails here in Tyler (TX) State Park for 4 months, we discovered our first venomous snake, a coral snake.
Notice that the head is the same size as the body.
The day before we saw this black snake, and in our blog ( Trash? Treasure!) I identified it as a black rat snake. Our park interpreter, however, disagreed. He said it was probably a water moccasin, or cottonmouth, another venomous snake. Looking closer, I was able to see the characteristic triangle head on a slender neck, and the relatively short stubby tail of the pit viper.
Now I feel we are really lucky to safely view two venomous snakes in their natural world.
What's next?
Louise and Duane
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