Venomous Water Moccasin Found in Orlando Neighborhood

An expert snake trapper caught a https://www.wogx.com/video/1090354 four-foot-long cottonmouth snake, or water moccasin, that was slithering through a Florida suburb on July 4. This video, recorded by Todd Engle, shows herpetologist Bob Cross capture the cottonmouth, which is a common species throughout the southeastern US. Using snake tongs and a bucket, Cross caught the disgruntled snake, but a struggle ensued when it was time to pop the lid on. Engle told Storyful he spotted the cottonmouth near the sidewalk in his neighborhood In Lake Mary, near Orlando, and contacted Bob Cross, owner of Critter Capture Services in Florida. "Any cottonmouth over four feet is considered a very large snake," Cross told Storyful. "I have only caught a few over four feet in my 50 years of herpetology." Water moccasin bites can be https://www.livescience.com/43597-facts-about-water-moccasin-cottonmouth-snakes.html deadly if not treated in the hospital with antivenom. Cross told Storyful that "the cottonmouth was donated to the Discovery Reptile Center in DeLand, Florida, for the production of antivenom." (Footage by Todd Engle/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)