Copperhead Bite Me !!!

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This is way I avoid yard work at all costs!

 

[tridacna]

I once had a twenty-foot mamba that I named Hans. This snake was so attached to me that I couldn’t go anywhere without him. He would even follow me to church on a Sunday, and because he didn’t care much for some of the sermons, he would wait for me outside under a tree. Not that Hans was irreligious. But he had a sensitive nature, and the strong line that the preacher took against the serpent in the Garden of Eden always made him feel awkward.

 

[RyanT]

That means that the closest habitat of the Florida copperhead is about 450 miles from Port St. Lucie.

Yes, it was to point out that the Copperhead range doesn't come anywhere close to Port St. Lucie.

 

[agilis]

Probably a Yellow Rat Snake. The little ones can be nippy. Harmless, valuable rodent predators.

 

[CycleCat]

I just want everyone to know I was not bitten by a mountain lion today (or a copperhead).

 

[JohnN]

I just want everyone to know I was not bitten by a mountain lion today (or a copperhead).

What about that crazed bat on an ether high?

 

[NaCl H2O]

It was a dude/female immature snake that was pissed off because it couldn't use the bathroom in FL, maybe?

 

[divinginn]

My question is why are there not copper heads in Fla,Georgia is covered with them.

 

[rmssetc]

Update, day 5925:
I was not bitten today; my anti-vampire amulet continues to be effective. I am now cautiously optimistic that it will also work in New Jersey.

 

[The Chairman]

I'll bite,

That's the snake's job!

Range in Florida​

In Florida, copperheads occur only in the Panhandle, primarily in the western tip and along the Apalachicola River and its tributaries. The herpetology collection at the Florida Museum contains verified records from Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa counties. The range may extend to other nearby areas, but there are no confirmed records from other Florida counties.

That was from UF.

I was teaching Fly Fishing to Boy Scouts in the western part of Virginia. We were fishing along a pretty little creek and just below a dam spillway. There were probably a half dozen boys in the water, when I spied 3 baby copperheads swimming by with one of them swimming between my legs. The boys were in knee deep water and the snakes swam just behind them and one of the instructors. As soon as they passed, I alerted the boys to what they had missed. Sure enough, one of boys wanted to catch one. The other instructor almost walked on water to get out of the stream. 2 phuuni. No one got hurt mostly because none of the snakes were disturbed.