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:
I’m not sure who wrote this article but I found it not to be too accurate.
As an example, the timber rattlesnake; The article says it’s found commonly only in Kansas but this is not true. The timber rattler can be found from the Gulf of Mexico/Texas up to the Great Lakes and over to the Atlantic ocean, most of the eastern and Southeastern United States.
Getting bitten by a venomous snake is not nearly as deadly as legend reports. Of course, it would never be a pleasant reaction and quite painful, but deaths occur mainly from people who are allergic to the venom Who do not seek immediate attention.
For most people bitten if they were not to get medical attention within a couple days, infection could be a problem.
Harm from encountering snakes comes mainly from people overreacting and harming themselves trying to quickly move away; falling etc.
I have studied snakes since I was young and although I’m not an expert I have found the fear of snakes is greatly magnified via untrue horror stories.
I find snakes to be much more beneficial than not and here’s an example.
When I moved to farmland in North Carolina not too far from the South Carolina border, immediately encountered mice. Hordes of mice and I battled them for 10 years and never completely conquered them until I got the idea to bring snakes onto my property so I spent a couple years collecting nonpoisonous snakes, especially black rat snakes. The perimeter of my house was ground hugging hollies so I simply droped them right beside the house as many as I could find.
By the end of the next year I noticed less mice and by the end of the second year I saw zero mice.
I did not see a single mouse on my property for the next five years.
Rattle headed copper moccasins !
One looks like Hillary Clinton
The top one is Obama, number two is….Etc.
Very true
Don’t have to kill all snakes
i don’t get close enough
Liberals, house and Senate
Can I see what they look like as I am running away.
hillary clinton tim kaine john mcclain bill clinton