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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

water moccasin or cottonmouth, highly venomous snake , Ancistrodon piscivorus, of the swamps and bayous of the S United States. Like the closely related copperhead, it is a pit viper and has a heat-sensitive organ for detecting warm-blooded prey. The young are born live. The young snake is a pale reddish brown with transverse dark brown bands edged with white; as it ages the colors dull to a blotched olive or brown and then to an unmarked olive or blackish in old specimens. The maximum length is 6 ft (2 m), the average from 3 to 4 ft (90-120 cm). A good climber, the water moccasin... Read more

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition moccasin snake: see water moccasin . Author not available, MOCCASIN. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008 Read more

copperhead
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition copperhead poisonous snake, Ancistrodon contortrix, of the E United States. Like its close relative, the water moccasin, the copperhead is a member of the pit viper family and detects its warm-blooded prey by means of a heat-sensitive organ behind ... Read more

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	Water moccasin captured in downtown Beaumont. Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX); 7/29/2007; 380 words ; ... control officer responded to the corner of Elizabeth and Pine streets Saturday night after nearby residents spotted a water moccasin slithering around between the curb and the sidewalk. Officials at Beaumont fire dispatch received the call about the ... Read more
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	`Moccasin' Sets Laurel Turf Mark The Washington Post; 6/16/1987; Clem Florio; 122 words ; Water Moccasin broke the turf course record for 1 1/16 miles at Laurel Race Course yesterday ... accounting for a lot of unusually fast times at the track. The victory by Water Moccasin ($12.40) was his first in more than two years. He was ridden by Donald ... Read more
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	EDITORIAL: Moccasin Creek cleanup effort good start.(Editorial) American News (Aberdeen, SD); 9/13/2007; 625 words ; ... project that cleans up Moccasin Creek is a good one. NorthWestern ... tar from a section of Moccasin Creek, also known as the ... renovation process of Moccasin Creek finally begins ... city and the James River Water Development District ... the natural flow of the water or keep Moccasin ... Read more
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