Class: Reptiles Order: Lizards and Snakes Family: Pit Vipers
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Cottonmouths like to live in water. There they can eat all the things they like: fish, slimy frogs, tasty ducks, and small turtles. |
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They can live to be 20 years old. |
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They are called cottonmouths because (no, they don’t have cotton in their mouths) their mouths are white, like cotton. |
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They can be 4-5 feet long with olive, brown, and black scales. |
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Baby cottonmouths have much brighter patterns than their moms and dads. They get darker as they get older. |
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Their defense is to show their white mouths so the attacker will be startled, or in our case (unless you aren't human) see them. |
