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by scottquint on August 31, 2001
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Interestingly, I have informally conducted this same experiment, but I have gotten slightly different results with cottonmouths and copperheads in North Carolina. With the cottonmouth, the only way I can get the snake to stand its ground and display is to physically restrain it and prevent it from escaping. I do this sometimes to get photos. They have always surprised me by fleeing even if I think I have them cornered. With copperheads I get mixed results. Usually, they will either flee at a dignified pace or act disinterested in my presence. They only attempt to bite when I actually restrain them. In one case at night, I actually sttod next to a moderate sized female in Pender County for several seconds trying to get my bag open while she ignored me. When i placed the bag on the ground and attempted to prod her into it she casually moved in the opposite direction. The EDB rattlesnakes I have observed in Florida (I have yet to find any in NC)have all attempted to flee even when apparently cornered, except for one I caught sleeping on the side of the road, which had no real reaction. The Pygmy rattlesnakes in FL have almost always struck at me when I prvented retreat. I have never personally seen a Coralsnake even attempt to bite in any circumstance.
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by CrotolidKid on December 9, 2001
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If I had to Get bit by one of them I would... Get it from the Copper-Head Just cause the LD50 test
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by Ophion on March 9, 2002
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I don't know about anyone else, but out of all my hots (cobras, eastern diamondback, etc) my canebrake is the one I LEAST like to fool with. She is always active and strikes eagerly at anything that comes near her. My copperhead is also a little bastard that strikes alot. And of course my cottonmouth is a stinky, mean little beast. The calmest viper I have is my eastern diamondback, who allows a lot of manipulating and tailing without a rattle - go figure.
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by yoshi on December 9, 2002
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hey Igrubb, a rat snake is a type of king and if you did recieve any venome this wasn't the snake...
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by SouthernCatcher on May 4, 2003
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I don't have the years in the woods that many of you do. (only 19) But I have been catching snakes since 5. (Non-venomous) Starting in my teens I began to catch our local venomous snakes. In all my times in the woods I have seen a good many examples, and I have shared experiences with the owner of the Serpinterium on Edisto Island.
According to this man, he has caught literally thousands of Eastern Diamondbacks. In all his times he has only found three which aggresively attacked. These examplified the pattern of striking while jumping forward, covering up to six feet in each strike. BUT THIS WAS ONLY 3 SNAKES! The rest (well over 99%) chose to retreat in typical EDB style, in reverse with the s-coil ready for a strike.
I find most other venomous snakes to be simply defensive. They don't give ground, but I have never been struck at unless I have tried to catch or have stepped on the snake. I have actually cornered and pushed a 4 foot canebreak into a bucket, all without a strike. (Though his rattles were singing the whole time, and I never touched the snake.)
Short of stepping on the snake, legitimate bites are extremely hard to recieve!
Did anyone else notice that there hasn't been any discussion on venom and which would be the easiest to survive through? isn't that how your supposed to knowledgeablely choose which species you would prefer to be tagged by? That would make sense to me.
In response to the question about a rat snake bite. I have recieved more non-venomous bites than i care to think about. (many from rats of various sorts.) I have never had swelling, even when the snake has left a tooth in my hand. I doubt seriously if any rat snake could cause swelling.
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by cottonmouthtom on May 16, 2003
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I have to agree with Dr. Gibbons. While stationed in the Navy in North Carolina I captured and encountered many Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and Canebrake rattlesnakes. I found that the Copperheads for the most part were the most aggressive when encountered and the Canebrake the least. Most of the Canebrakes I encountered were interested in escape rather than an encounter with me. The Cottonmouths would only use a defensive posture if encountered in a coiled position. If they were encountered on the move, most of them would be interested only in escape. Every Copperhead I encountered immediately assumed a defensive posture, coild and struck if I approached within a few feet.
Wayne T. 'Tom' Helfrich
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by cityfarmer on July 13, 2003
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Well, given a choice I would not elect to be bitten by a snake. I have been bitten by snakes as a younger man, all non-poisonous. I prefer the bite of the black snake, that is what has always bitten me. Three times in my life. The bite made me sick to my stomach for quite a few hours and the bite area became inflamed and infected looking for close to 5 days, and when a black snake bites it is not just a little nip, you know you have been bitten. Of course I might have been teasing it also.
I actually have a question about a snake I found while mowing. I found two "Ringneck snakes" no problem identifying them. I also found I assume was a rather large "Garter snake". The colors of it though threw me off. It was a very dark, charcoal grey to black and spotted ever so lightly with redish-oranges to yellow scales. Its underside was pale gray, for lack of a better color description. It was close to 2 feet long and it was not very agressive. Am I right in assuming it was a "Garter snake"?
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by jimmorrison on July 28, 2003
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If I had to be bit, I would pick the copperhead. There has been no reported deaths from a copperhead in Missouri in 20 or more years. I do agree about the agressive nature of the copperhead. The past 2 summers I have encounterd about 70 of them and 65 of them would strike at any movement my snake stick gave them. Great snakes though very beuitful animals. I only wish everyone around where I live thought the same.
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by herpman05 on September 28, 2003
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Ive got a wild caught pet copperhead, and wow is he agressive. and all the rattlers and cottons I catch only the pygmy rattler struck at me. Whats amberrising is that the pig got me, but that was when i was just 14
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by Tommy on December 27, 2003
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I have found it really depends on the indidual snake. I have been around coppers sicne I was 10 only 6 years ago. I have cought around 200 since that time with the help of my dad when i was younger any ways. Out of that number only about a donzen have struck at me and most with their mouths closed. I have been bitten 2 times thow in the past year. The first bite was a large female around 4ft it was a dry bite. The second bite was a large male around 3ft and it was a very mild bite. My lag swelled up like a basketball. They were both my falt and i know that. Someone was trying to kill the big male and i scared him off. He was beating him with a stick and thats probebly the reason he was so ticked off. But i saved him and thats all that matters to me.
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