To put it simply, yes, they are venomous. But are they extremely dangerous? Not quite. Water moccasins are compelling ...

World Atlas calls 4 Mississippi lakes the most snake-infested in the state. Know how to ID venomous snakes and tell them apart from common watersnakes.

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The water moccasin and copperhead snakes are two commonly seen in Alabama, but what are the others?

The stout body of the water moccasin generally thins abruptly at the smaller black tail, and it seems almost too small for the body, like the tip of an under-inflated balloon.

Moccasins can be banded reddish brown when young, but they get darker the older they get, sometimes to black. Moccasins often are confused with similarly colored non-venomous water snakes.