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cottonmouth, a poisonous pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) commonly found near water and swamps of the southeastern part of the United States. The symptoms of the bite of a cottonmouth are rapid swelling, severe pain, skin discoloration at bite marks, and weakness. Antivenin and ventilatory/circulatory support are the usual treatments. Also called water moccasin. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But Mullet Fingers sabotages their efforts: he removes survey stakes; puts alligators in the portable toilets; and releases a mess of cottonmouth snakes to scare away the guard dogs. In the boxes the men heard the water rise in the trench and looked out for cottonmouths. They're the Delta's answer to California's redwoods, patriarch trees rising above the swirling splash of primitive alligator gar, the lightning strike of a surly cottonmouth or the pterodactyl-like flight of a great blue heron here in the mosquito-infested silence of damp dark earth. |
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