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Cottonmouths

Cottonmouths. Cottonmouths. By: Skylar Moreash Raleigh Sweatt. About the cottonmouth.

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Cottonmouths

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  1. Cottonmouths Cottonmouths By: Skylar Moreash Raleigh Sweatt

  2. About the cottonmouth Cottonmouths have patterns on their body, cottonmouths sound like any other snake. Cottonmouths feel dry and scaly, the cottonmouth smells with its tongue, like any other snake. They belong to the reptile family. http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?v=U4j-3TIJALo

  3. The 5 basic needs of a cottonmouth The cottonmouth needs 5 things to survive: • Food • The cottonmouth eats: small mammals, birds, lizards, fish and/or frogs. 2. Water 3. Shelter • They find shelter under fallen trees. 4. Air 5. Adaptations

  4. The Cottonmouths Adaptations It sticks its tail up to look like its head so its pretdors will strike at its tail and not its head.

  5. Predators and Habitats Cottonmouths’ predators are: Hawks, eagles, and falcons The cottonmouths’ habitats are: Swamps

  6. How cottonmouths help plants: The snakes help the plants by pooping, The poop helps the soil by making it rich.

  7. Food Chain of a Cottonmouth sun to grass to grasshopper to snake to hawk.

  8. LIFE CYCLE OF A COTTONMOUTH Egg to brood to adult to mating pair.

  9. Fun Facts: • The cottonmouth is a carnivore. • The cottonmouth is called the cottonmouth because in the inside of a cottonmouth’s mouth it looks like there is cotton. • The cottonmouth helps the soil by fertilizing it. • Cottonmouths are also called water moccasins. The cottonmouth is a venomous snake.

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