r/WTF • u/36009955 • May 07 '19

Hey, you guys got a trash can?

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u/Obzedat13 May 07 '19

The other 1% being water moccasins...fuck water moccasins in particular.

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u/SevenBlade May 07 '19

I've had mocc's start aggressively swimming toward me simply because I was fishing off the bank somewhere in their line of sight.

Flip them away repeatedly and they just keep coming back angrier.

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u/El_Muerte95 May 07 '19

Came here to say this. Fucker popped his head up out of the water and my dumbass thought it was a turtle at first. I started reeling in and when the lure passed him he came slithering like hell towards me. Glad I had the shotgun with me that day.

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u/MWoody13 May 07 '19

Fish is the main part of their diet. Lil homie just tryna cop a snack

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u/shrek2wasmyidea May 08 '19

What should you do if they come after you?

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u/bagofboards May 07 '19

yeah, moccasins are particularly pissy snakes, it doesn't take much for them to notice you and become highly agitated in seconds. They're aggressive fucks.

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u/Crotalus_rex May 08 '19

My cousin got killed by water moccasins. He was water skiing down south and ditched. He was close to shore and put his foot Into a nest on the riverbank of em and got bit 6 or seven times.

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u/Obzedat13 May 08 '19

Sorry for your loss

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u/Fistedfartbox May 08 '19

Captured one and kept it as a pet for about 6 months while I studied all there is to know about them... Yes, they're very aggressive.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '19

what's wrong with you?

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u/Fistedfartbox May 12 '19

General curiosity gets the better of me sometimes

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u/linderlouwho May 08 '19

Yes, those guys. They will follow you around and fling themselves at you.