Joan, among others, has linked to a YouTube video titled Snake On a Car! that purports to show a water moccasin. It ain't a water moccasin. In this case it looks like a Brown Water Snake, which is often confused with a water moccasin.
Of course, to snake haters, there is only one type of snake: the late humorist Lewis Grizzard called it the Dreaded Copperheaded Water Rattler.
Anyway, see for yourself. I think I'll email Dean Ripa at the Cape Fear Serpentarium and have him positively identify it.
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Could be worse: could have been a rattle-headed copper moccasin. Nasty little things, I hear. Heh.
rat snake. looks like a gray rat snake. non-poisonous, mild-mannered.
@Anonymous: I didn't even think of a Gray Rat Snake, they aren't common here in NC. I wondered if it could be a Fox Snake, since I didn't know where the YouTube video originated from.
Looks like lunch to me.
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