Have there been sightings of the cotton mouth "water mocosson" in MD?
I have heard that there are some in Maryland and then I have heard No there are not.
supposedly most say that they are "restricted" to from Florida up north only to Virginia and then over into the western states down.
I know what restricted means of course, BUT what makes these snakes only restricted to these areas? what makes them not go any farther?
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Thank you
I have heard that there are some in Maryland and then I have heard No there are not.
supposedly most say that they are "restricted" to from Florida up north only to Virginia and then over into the western states down.
I know what restricted means of course, BUT what makes these snakes only restricted to these areas? what makes them not go any farther?
Best answer will go to the most helpful, with the most information
Thank you
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There's a law in ecology called Liebig's Law of the Minimum. It's the one factor that is in shortest supply that determines the distribution of a species. What that factor is for the water mocassin, I don't know. It might be suitable food or it might be pooled water or it might be a minimum average nightly temperature or any one of a lot of other things. And it might be a different factor in different parts of the snake's range.
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They stop the snakes at the border and tell them to turn it around. If the snake doesn't stop, they start shooting