cottonmouth pictures
cottonmouth pictures
Why do you think so many venomous snakes live on this island in Florida?
On Seahorse Key in Florida, there can be hundreds of vipers in one single area! How do they thrive there with no fresh Water and with few mammals to feed on? See the story and a picture of a cottonmouth snake ready to strike here:
http://macrocosm-magbook.blogspot.com/
About 600 vipers live around the 67-hectare island. Wow. Also known as Cedar Keys. I think it has something to do with:
The island contains some of the largest heron, egret, brown pelican, and ibis nesting colonies in the south. Over 200,000 nesting birds have been recorded in past peak years including 8,000 white ibis. Current populations number 10,000 or more.
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/fl_cedar.htm
It's also a watersnake, so anything living in the water is food.
The diet includes other snakes, fish, lizards, turtles, frogs, small birds and alligators and mammals.
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