“The myth of snakes chasing humans is an old, die hard one.”
I take it you’ve never walked up on cottonmouths laying eggs have you.
Try your little snake tongs on 2-3 at the same time.
Cottonmouths are oviviparous. If you’re seeing a snake laying eggs, it’s not a cottonmouth.
Cottonmouth snakes are known for a very special defensive measure. They will coil up, take a defensive posture and open their mouths wide in a threat display to ward off threats. They don’t chase...