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Please get educated! There's a difference between venomous and non-venomous snakes. Most snakes in the US are nonpoisonous and are relatively harmless. Around here, Black Racers are good snakes. They keep the pigmy rattlers away. Snakes also eat rodents and insects, some which carry diseases. Snakes do not damage the environment. They don’t dig holes, chew or damage the landscape or harm plants. They leave very little in the way of droppings (excellent fertilizer since their prey is so well digested). They don’t carry rabies, fleas, mange, or skin funguses. A snake is far less likely to bite someone even if picked up than just about any other wild animal one could handle. All snakes would much rather get away than risk a fight. Rattlesnakes and other pit vipers are very poisonous animals and obviously should be avoided of course. Many more people die of bee stings yearly in the US than of rattlesnake bites
Well said!
When I was a child someone once took me fishing in Oklahoma, and there were copperheads coiled up numerous locations in the tall grass around the pond. I was advised to just pick my way carefully through them without stepping on any. They appeared to be sleeping, and not one moved as we passed through.
Please get educated! There's a difference between venomous and non-venomous snakes. Most snakes in the US are nonpoisonous and are relatively harmless. Around here, Black Racers are good snakes. They keep the pigmy rattlers away. Snakes also eat rodents and insects, some which carry diseases. Snakes do not damage the environment. They don’t dig holes, chew or damage the landscape or harm plants. They leave very little in the way of droppings (excellent fertilizer since their prey is so well digested). They don’t carry rabies, fleas, mange, or skin funguses. A snake is far less likely to bite someone even if picked up than just about any other wild animal one could handle. All snakes would much rather get away than risk a fight. Rattlesnakes and other pit vipers are very poisonous animals and obviously should be avoided of course. Many more people die of bee stings yearly in the US than of rattlesnake bites
Educated? Hey, that thing was trying to strike my DS, it was coiled, and side winding. WTF was I supposed to do, go look it up on the Internet? I did what any mother would do, I defended my child.
Educated? Hey, that thing was trying to strike my DS, it was coiled, and side winding. WTF was I supposed to do, go look it up on the Internet? I did what any mother would do, I defended my child.
Yes, educated! I was referring to your comment, "The only good snake is a dead snake!" That is an uneducated comment. There are bad snakes, and there are good snakes. From your previous post, you knew the snake was a rattler, so no need to look that one up.
Did not read the whole forum but I can say with 100% certainty that is a copperhead. The bite is seldom lethal and many more people die each year from bee sting reactions.
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They appeared to be sleeping, and not one moved as we passed through.
