Video: Cottonmouth vs Rattlesnake–Winner Eats Dinner

The cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) isn’t exactly the most discriminating diner when it comes to selecting a meal. As a matter of fact, this Southeastern U.S.-dwelling snake will eat everything from carrion, to birds, to catfish, and even engage in a little psuedo-cannibalism, some of which you’ll see at work on the rattlesnake in the video embedded below.

At least one snake was harmed (somewhat permanently) in the making of this video.

httpv://youtu.be/AJ2l4owxC7s

Benjamin T. Lambright

I'm a poet and and author. I received my BA in Creative Writing from Central Michigan University and I am pursuing my MFA in Poetry at Sarah Lawrence College. My work has appeared in The Greatest Lakes Review, The North Central Review, Dexter magazine, Open Palm Print, newspapers, magazines, bathroom stalls, the backs of highway billboards, under bridges and other, stranger, places.