Digital Editor’s Favorite: Florida Man Tries to Kiss Cottonmouth Snake, Hospitalized after Bite

Editor’s note: I came across this today while cleaning up some posts.  Its an oldie but worth a second look.

One Florida man learned the hard way that water moccasins do not make the best kissing partners. According to Fox 13, 18-year-old Austin Hatfield of Wimauma was hospitalized last Saturday after being bitten by a cottonmouth while attempting to kiss it.

Friends said that Hatfield had captured the snake from his girlfriend’s yard several days before and was keeping it in a pillowcase. Hatfield occasionally took the snake out to kiss it on the mouth, but on Saturday, the snake decided to end the relationship…

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