North American cobra/Puff adder/Spreading adder/hognose/shovel nose/fake water moccasin

[GunBroker100]

We have these guys in Southern Missouri. Our variety Has a bit more pronounced "Hood" then this one is displaying. Ours like to stand up and look at you to mimic the look of a Cobra hissing all the while. They are really neat snakes with their tricks to get you to leave them alone. Completely harmless, if you see one you can play around with it, but, please don't kill it. We also have legless glass lizards as well. Look like a snake but they have eye lids. They are cool too.

[jlkanaconda]

I have been catching these snakes for over 44 years in florida. There are 3 color variations they come in. They are harmless. I have had approx. 30 or 40 over the years. however they are becoming very hard to find in central florida. This one I took the video and released it back into the woods.

[zoologist1992]

did you get the hognose to play dead???

[twilitbeing]

Not only are these guys not poisonous, I'm pretty sure they literally CAN'T bite you. Notice it doesn't have fangs.

[zoologist1992]

@twilitbeing yes they do!! they're rear fanged colubrids which have mild venom same goes w/ cateyed snakes, tantilla snakes,..............

[twilitbeing]

@zoologist1992 Ah, I stand corrected. I'd heard the "enlarged teeth for popping toads" story, but that explanation is outdated according to Wikipedia. Would a hognose be able to bite a human-sized target, then? (My understanding was that their teeth couldn't reach that far out of the mouth, hence the elaborate threat display.)

[zoologist1992]

@twilitbeing yes but mostly in captivity when it mistakes you for food and you get a finger swallowed then there will be mild symptoms or so i heard

[monitorlover1]

@twilitbeing no it`s not venom it is just slightly modifyed sliva they are mostly toad popers it is not considerd venom yet, but who knows in the futer

[mawheegan]

When I was a young man living in CC Texas we found one of these at work one day. At first look all involved thought it was a rattler but seeing no tail we were puzzled. Upon placing it in the bed of a pickup in the sun....it raised up a good foot and spread its "hood" while hissing. We all jumped back in fear and surprise and one fella hollered, "Its a cobra" whereupon another said, "dumbass, the only cobras in Texas are caroll Shelby's".....I never knew they weren't poisonous until now.