Increased rain showers along Florida\u2019s Space Coast, a stretch of the Sunshine State\u2019s eastern coastline near the Kennedy Space Center, have disrupted the lives of many Brevard County residents who say they are seeing more of the scary serpents out and about than before, Fox 35 Orlando reported. <\/a><\/p>\n Residents have observed cottonmouths, also known as water moccasins, a species that is native to Florida and typically found in swampy or marshy areas, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.<\/p>\n However, during extreme flooding, the snakes are known to end up in unusual places. <\/p>\n While the venomous reptiles typically prefer wetter terrain, Floridians have reported seeing them near their homes, places of work and even outside restaurants. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Heavy rain in Florida has caused cottonmouth snakes to flee their natural habitats, and locals are finding them in unusual spaces (National Park Service)<\/p>\n The owners of Camp Holly, an airboat ride business in Melbourne, a city southeast of Orlando, urged customers on social media <\/a>to be vigilant as the dangerous snakes had been spotted on dry land at their business. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is your warning: What you\u2019re seeing is a child-killing cottonmouth snake<\/a>,\u201d the business warned on Facebook, along with a photo of a snake. <\/p>\n \u201cRight now, these snakes (and others) are occupying every inch of dry ground out in the marsh. If you think there\u2019s a safe, dry patch of land \u2014 you\u2019re wrong,\u201d they wrote. <\/p>\n Owner Curt McKinney told Fox he was bitten by a cottonmouth snake when he was in his 20s. \u201cIt almost killed me. It took six months out of my life immediately because my legs were swollen up,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n The snakes are called cottonmouths because the inside of their mouths, which they display when threatened, are white (National Park Service)<\/p>\n![\"Heavy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cottonmouth-snake.webp.webp\")
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