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Cottonmouth, North CarolinaWhile working as a field researcher for a biodiversity study on pine plantations in North Carolina, I found this Agkistrodon piscivorus in a drainage ditch. It's seen here displaying the classic defensive posture that gives it the common name "cottonmouth." (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot)
Photograph by Jared Skye, My Shot

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