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Originally posted by J. E. Craig:
While using a walk behind mower near the waters edge I pasted within 4 feet of a moccasin. He did not move. Consider the noise and vibration from the mower.
Snakes can't hear. The nearest thing they have to a sense of hearing is they can feel the slightest vibration through the ground. A mower to them is probably like having a 12ga going off by your ears continuously. They get sensory overload and sort of shut down.

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