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Growing up in the South you are taught from the time you are small to watch for these snakes esp. when you're near water - they are very poisonous and have a nasty temper. They have dark bodies (which blends easily into the landscape) but when they open their mouth it is as white as cotton - i.e. cotton mouth moccasin

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