Bite severity: Much more severe than bites from copperheads and cottonmouths, all rattlesnake bites are considered medical ...

Plus, Beane said, a larger or more mature copperhead has longer fangs, which can penetrate a sock or thick skin, so it has more “delivery capacity” than a juvenile snake. A mature copperhead ...

By far the most exhilarating sightings are of snakes. A couple of years ago, between mid-July and mid-August, I saw four rattlesnakes and one copperhead on my property. Last year in late June ...

The venomous copperhead is out and about in South Carolina once more. Here’s what to know about keeping them away from your home.

Bites from the snakes — the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in central North Carolina and the Triangle — are rarely fatal to humans. But antivenom, which can be used to treat copperhead bites, ...