Snakes

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Copperhead snakes prefer all sorts of habitats, from rocks and pond areas to woods and stream shores. The choice of the abode is dictated by the presence of prey, as copperhead snakes live on birds, frogs, mice, cicadas, caterpillars and other small animals they manage to hunt. Among the hide places for the copperhead, walls stones, debris or wood piles, empty buildings and large stone slabs are the favorite, which explains the possibility of a human encounter in such areas. Copperhead snakes will be active from March to October, with a hibernation period in the cold autumn and winter months.

The dens in which copperhead snakes retreat during winter are their homes year after year, and usually there are more specimens living in the same abode. In summer time when it is too hot outside, the copperhead snakes will stay in the shade during the day and go out to hunt at night. If the weather is just warm, this snake will simply bask in the sun on rocks or wood debris. The siblings of copperhead snakes are born alive and not hatched, and their number varies between one and fourteen, with the mating period extending till mid autumn.

The bite of copperhead snakes requires immediate medical care since it is not only very painful but it may also lead to permanent scarring and tissue loss. The best advice you can get when encountering copperhead snakes is to avoid them, as many people get bitten when trying to kill or even handle them. Snakes will not attack you unless they feel threatened, then, you will see how fiercely they can defend themselves. Statistics indicate that copperhead snakes have the highest incidence in bite frequency in the United States, because these snakes attack immediately without giving threatening warnings like other species.

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