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what could it be and why did it do this
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by nikole on May 27, 2012
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Okay I have never been scared of snakes but tonight something that has never happend has me kinda freakes out. Me and my husband and sister were by the water about to take a swim (river) all of a sudden a large snake appears a foot beside me. Okay no big deal I back away move several yrds up stream and give him time to move along. Well he disapears back in to the deep only to reapear directly infront of me again about. Foot away. Okay little freaked out but again move up stream a good ways a watch him disappear back in the water and Again he surfaces right by me. Completly freaked out and worried I leave. This snake to me resembled a python with ts color and markings and had white around its mouth. It didn't show any aggressiveness. Just kept swimming up to were I was standing. Not charging just reg. Snake swim speed.!!! What type of snake could it have been/or might show this kind of behavior and why did it do this???
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by pictigaster1 on May 27, 2012
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My guess is an anaconda /african rock python/ cottonmouth hybred very common there.Truth is with out a picture and knowing what part of planet earth you were at leaves us no way of knowing...
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by agkistrodude on May 27, 2012
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Heather, we need to know the location of the world you were in when this happened. If USA, state and nearby city would be helpful, the name of the river, etc. Without a location, it could have literally been anything. But thanks for not killing it. Take care, Marty
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by LarryDFishel on May 27, 2012
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Go to images.google.com and search for "Nerodia" (the genus of harmless North American water snakes, there are a lot of species/subspecies, some with distinct light-colored lips).
I've never really observed this behavior myself, but I've heard about similar things often enough that I highly suspect some of them get accustomed to taking fish (their main food) and/or bait from fishermen and they come to expect it and can get a little persistent about it. All they see is a person near the water and they don't understand that not everyone there has fish, and to a person who's not so into snakes and doesn't know why they are there, it's a little disconcerting...
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