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RE: Copperhead behavior
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by theo765 on November 11, 2005
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My Osage copperhead likes to hang out in the top of a two foot tall bonsai tree I have in his enclosure. I just thought that was an interesting behavior too.
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by RepFan on November 11, 2005
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Dan,
Thanks for posting your observation. As many of us keepers here can attest many of our captive specimens show behaviors not typical to their still wild brethren. Such as a terrestial species (ground dweller) inhibiting aboreal(Tree dweller/climber) tendencies. Possibly, this copperhead is evolving it's eating/hunting habits. Animals after all do evolve.
~Todd
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by earthguy on November 22, 2005
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Theo - Climbing is not a terribly unusual behahior in copperheads. Gloyd and Connant recorded observations of this in their "Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex"
Larry - I already apologized earlier in this post, but let me apologize again. I read the post and replied hastily. I hate it when others do that, but I did it myself. Let me assure you that I severly chastized myself.
Dan - If you live in Easley, SC How many Cottonmouths do you see? If I read your post correctly then you live in our upstate. You are above the fall line, and thus the liklihood of seeing a cottonmouth (A. piscivorous) is negligible. That would (for all practical purposes) eliminate one possibilty. You either saw a copperhead or a Nerodia of some sort.
On the topic of odd behavior, I once had a quirky Mexican Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum annulata). He had a tendancy to get into his water bowl (it was relatively large) and just sit in the bottom, submerged) the first time I saw this behavior I thought that he had drowned. He gave me quite a start when he moved from his death-like pose.
I think that we all need to remember Darwin's first postulate here: there are variations within populations. Personally, if I sit still I sink like a rock. My brother floats effortlessly inches above the water (I can swim well, I just don't float). Likewise two different snakes may have two different capabilities. That is why I said the possibility of a cottonmouth above the fall line in low. Because one odd snake may make the journey.
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by Saltwater on November 22, 2005
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Hi earthguy, in regards your last post.. (Dan - If you live in Easley, SC How many Cottonmouths do you see? )
I have never saw one, A friend told me he saw one at our Gun Club in Conestee, SC, which you might just as well say is Greenville, SC. The Reedy River is very close by. As far as Copperheads in this region. Plentiful enough that if you were out away from the city hunting, snake chaps or boots would be advisable.I live in a subdivision inside the city limits, and I see one on occasion often in the area pertaining to my original post, which has plenty of woodland and water which I would consider attractive to any snake. I have several neighbors that have seen and/or killed them in their yards.
Dan
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by RepFan on December 1, 2005
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Dan,
Could you please e-mail me privately? I had an off topic question about your earlier post and was going to e-mail you ,but you did not have one listed in your profile.
Thanks in advance.
~Todd
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by Skeige on May 27, 2016
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I persosonally saw a copperhead today at the bottom of the creek. I was walking in the creek and it was less than two feet from me when it darted to the surface and swam off. This was in SE PA
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