I remember when I was fifteen, my father was bitten by a venomous snake. We thought it was just a bull snake, but it turned out to be a rattlesnake, and it might have turned out differently if we had known how to spot the baby rattlers that are common in Utah, where I grew up. Still, baby snakes are difficult to detect.
Sometimes it is difficult to I.D. which type of snake you have encountered, especially if you haven’t learned about the common ones, or studied their identifying features. Whether you’re bugging out or just on a hike when you discover a snake, or he discovers you, there’s no telling what may happen next if you don’t have a little bit of knowledge.
Most snakes are not venomous, but the one that bit my dad happened to be. Wouldn’t you rather be safe than sorry and be confident you know which snake you are dealing with, just in case?
Certainly, venom can mean trouble, but even a bit from a non-venomous snake can present a threat. The largest threat to someone bitten by a snake is usually that the wound may become infected with the bacteria from the snake’s mouth. In other words, once get bit that bacteria is now on your skin and in the wound. With a venomous snake, even a small bite can cause the area around the wound to swell up a lot, and of course the venom can cause much more severe problems, so treat any snake with caution and respect.
On the next page learn how to identify the first snake on our list, the copperhead snake. You’ll learn where you may see this venomous snake slithering, too.
Then continue to learn about more venomous snakes. Doing so you may just save a life, possibly your own:
They are all a part of the “run the$#%&!@*the other way” family!
Water moc, black , copper head, rattle from to to bottom . I’ve seen all in the great state of South Carolina
I was specific that it was in Montana and NOT Indiana. And a DNA sample from the skin would prove Montana. I have nothing to fear in this.
Honestly I only see 4
I was told by a friend all snakes are deadly..:-)
Yup cottonmouth/coral/rattle snake and copperhead. Capt Bill
Venomous.. Unless you’re eating them, then they’re “poisonous”…
Yeah well. snake does NOT taste like chicken !! Its gross and would not eat it. Tried snake one time one bite….YUCK
ah, my mistake. at least I didn;t bring politics in like some of the idiots though. right? lol
they should delete all comments that try to politicize the article. people who do so are worthless and irrelevant and should be made to feel that way