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Cotton-Mouth Moccasin.—The largest specimens of the cotton-mouth moccasin attain to a length of about six feet.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)

The cotton-mouth moccasin is semi-aquatic, being found around the edges of streams and other bodies of water.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)

Every time I sees a cotton-mouth I feels like I had just sit down on one.

From Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up by Mulford, Clarence Edward

They resemble the cotton-mouth moccasin in their general peculiarities, being, however, somewhat lighter in color.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)

Next to these a large sized cotton-mouth moccasin is perhaps most to be dreaded, to be followed, depending upon their size, by the other varieties of rattlesnakes, the copperheads, and finally the ground-rattler.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)




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