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 Secrets of Snakes

NU MBER S IX TY- ONE

W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series

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 Secrets of
SNAKES
THE SCIENCE BEYOND THE MYTHS

David A. Steen

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS C O L L E G E S TAT I O N

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 Copyright © 2019
by David A. Steen
All rights reserved
First edition

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L I B R A RY O F C O N G R E S S C ATA LO G I N G - I N - PU B L I C AT I O N DATA

Names: Steen, David A., 1979– author.

Title: Secrets of snakes : the science beyond the myths / David A. Steen.
Other titles: W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; no. 61.
Description: First edition. | College Station : Texas A&M University Press,
[2020] | Series: W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; number sixty-one
Identifiers: LCCN 2019002940| ISBN 9781623497972 (book/flexbound : alk.
paper) | ISBN 9781623497989 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Snakes—United States. | Snakes—United
States—Identification. | Snakes—United States—Miscellanea.
Classification: LCC QL652 .S84 2020 | DDC 597.96—dc23 LC record available
at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019002940

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 D E D I C AT I O N
There are tons of danger noodles, nope ropes,
and long bois throughout our
streams, our forests, and our backyards;
they silently live alongside us every day
but could not care less about what we think.
This book is dedicated to all the people
wanting to learn more about them anyway.

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 contents

Foreword, by Harry W. Greene ix

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xix

Part I. Identifying Snakes 1

CHAPTER 1. The Shape of a Snake’s Head Does Not Reveal

the Danger 3
CHAPTER 2. Are Snakes with Red on Black Truly a Friend of
Jack? 9
CHAPTER 3. What Is the Difference between a Cottonmouth
and a Water Moccasin? 13
CHAPTER 4. How Can You Tell a Copperhead from a
Cottonmouth? 16
CHAPTER 5. Is This a Black Snake? 21

Species Profile: The Ratsnakes 25

CHAPTER 6. Can You Tell Whether a Snake Is Venomous

by the Way It Swims? 28
CHAPTER 7. It Is Shaking Its Tail; Is It a Rattlesnake? 32
CHAPTER 8. Can You Tell If a Snake Is Venomous by the
Shape of Its Pupils? 35

Part II. Snake Myths and Misconceptions 39

CHAPTER 9. Are Baby Snakes More Dangerous Than Adults? 41

CHAPTER 10. Do Snakes Travel in Pairs? 46
CHAPTER 11. Is It a Bad Year for Snakes? 52
CHAPTER 12. Can You Fall into a Nest of Cottonmouths? 59
CHAPTER 13. Should You Worry about Stepping into a
Cottonmouth Breeding Ball? 63

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 Species Profile: Gophersnake, Pituophis catenifer 66

CHAPTER 14. Will a Cottonmouth Drop into My Boat? 68

CHAPTER 15. Can a Rattlesnake’s Rattle Tell You How Old the Snake Is? 73
CHAPTER 16. Cottonmouths North of Virginia? I Don’t Think So 76
CHAPTER 17. Are Snakes Aggressive? 80
CHAPTER 18. Are Rattlesnakes Rattling Less Because of Hogs? 86
CHAPTER 19. Will Cottonmouths Chase and Bite You? 90

Part III. Understanding Snakes 95

CHAPTER 20. How Big Do Rattlesnakes Get? 96

CHAPTER 21. Can Snakes Bite Underwater? 101
CHAPTER 22. Is Relocating a Snake from My Yard a Death Sentence? 106
CHAPTER 23. Why It Doesn’t Make Sense to Kill Snakes in Your Yard 112

Species Profile: Dekay’s Brownsnake, Storeria dekayi 117

CHAPTER 24. What’s the Most Dangerous Snake? 121

CHAPTER 25. Is This Snake Poisonous? 124
CHAPTER 26. Will It Bite? 128
CHAPTER 27. What Is a Mating Dance? 131
CHAPTER 28. Are Snakes Territorial? 136
CHAPTER 29. How Can I Keep Snakes Out of My Yard? 144

Closing Remarks 149

Notes 151
Selected Bibliography 153
Further Reading   157
Index 159

viii : CONTENTS

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