HOW TO ACCURATELY IDENTIFY A WATER MOCCASIN FROM A DISTANCE

Hopefully this will help educate some people and keep them safe!

Some time ago, I made a video titled "HOW TO ACCURATELY IDENTIFY A WATER MOCCASIN." It has gotten some good attention on YouTube and has now hit almost 160K views. Here is that video.

One of the complaints about the video is that I pick up the Water Moccasin and how several things that can help you identify this species... if you are holding onto one. It seems that many people would prefer to identify this species from a distance, which is why I made this new video.

In this new video, I attempt to show the water moccasin both in and out of the water. If people get a good looks at this snake and how it behaves, the can familiarize themselves with the species and possibly recognize them in the wild. I used several specimens that we were relocating from a local swimming and fishing hole where people are know to frequently kill them. As we were releasing them to a more remote location, I used my camera and GoPro to shoot this footage.

You can check out the capture footage in the video above. Out of nine Water Moccasins that I saw, I was able to capture eight to relocate. Hopefully it'll prevent them from being killed in the near future.

By combining both footage of them in the water with footage of them on land, it should be a good way to expose others to this species without putting them at risk. Now, from the safety of their own home, people can watch and admire the Water Moccasin without fear of getting bit.