We have them here in northern Alabama, and they are extremely aggressive, "ill-tempered" snakes. Several years ago a Huntsville man posted a UA-cam video of a copperhead's decapitated head biting its own body. Yikes!!
@@ernestinebass4371 I hope it's only Northern Alabama, cause I'm planning to move to Southern Alabama next year. Gators are fairly visible on land...snakes hide under things.
@@MrMajikman1 Loath as I am to be the bearer of bad news, there are copperheads in south Alabama, too, along with water moccasins, eastern coral snakes, and several types of rattlesnakes. If you're a hiking enthusiast, you may find a well-sharpened garden hoe makes a mighty fine walking stick.
@@ernestinebass4371 Thanks for the heads up! Not a big hiking enthusiast, but I would hate to find them while mowing my lawn...or in my garage...or on my porch...or. Looks like I'll have to do some research on how to spot and identify them. I live in Illinois, and the only snakes that will kill you here, are the Politicians! Lol
Mad respect for the young lady who caught it. Next time she goes on a snake call she should take a camera man with at least one ball. He was so busy running he didn't get half of the footage... 😕😕😕
Shannon is Gorgeous !!!!!!!!!! Beautiful smile and personality......don't care for the tat though...too pretty to be marred with that nonsense.........
A guy I worked with in Alabama lost his leg in a cotton combine, years later in was working in the cotton field and a copperhead nailed him in his artificial leg. He carried around a newspaper clipping with his picture holding the dead snake.
I was once bit by a western diamondback It looked huge but a herpetologist once told me that a snake looks 30% bigger when viewed from directly above. Anyway the snake was stuck to my leg for a short while, until it latterly ripped the fangs out of its mouth to get away. Later I had to use plyers to get the snake's fangs out of my prosthesis. Later I saw a Far Side cartoon of a guy with a pegleg walking in the desert. Next to one of the peg prints was a rattlesnake with a messed up mouth. I sent this story to Gary Larson with a picture om my fake leg with rattlesnake fangs imbedded in it. He sent back a poster sized copy of the cartoon signed with, "When life imitates my art, run." I was surprised how hard they hit.
One bite of an eastern diamond back rattler is equal to at least twenty copperhead bites. A copperhead bite is nothing compared to a bite from one of those.
I told you I knew where I saw you guys from! It was great seeing you at the show last night! I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as Susie did. She laughed so hard the whole time I’m pretty sure the people in front of her were a little annoyed but the lady behind us laughed even harder. I had a great time you guys stay safe and like I said, I knew I knew you! I’m gonna catch the rest of your videos. Have a good day!
I'm always fascinated with people that have such unique passions!! You can feel her love for the snake which is definitely not your typical quality. Very cool!
And they climb trees! My dad lives in N. Texas, and I thought I only had to watch the ground for them. But up in the trees like the rainforest? I'm out!! 😱🐍
Obviously haven't been to Australia! Four of the six most dangerous (aggressively AND venomously) snakes in the world live here; and sometimes they get quite narky when you grab them by the tail to throw them out of the house.
@@noimagination99 They don't move because they're using their camo to blend in. I tried moving one off the bike path (I had just ridden by within one foot) and it didn't want to budge. Another guy came by and got it on the end of a branch to move it to avoid an encounter with other riders as it was in the middle of the trail. Definitely wasn't aggressive but my fear is stepping on one or riding over one. Got some pics of a very cool looking snake.
Lots of copperheads around my land but I haven't seen an aggressive one yet. They usually go motionless and hope you don't notice them. All is good as long as you do see them and avoid them. I wouldn't want to step on one. Really weird that I haven't seen any the last few years. Use to see 3-4 a year.
Had a nephew on vacation in Tennessee camping way outside of town and got bit by a copperhead on one of his toes through his tennis shoe. When my wife told me, I said he'll be fine. I told her people rarely die from their bite, but he's going to have some pain for a while - and he did. He got a helicopter ride out of it though.
I had a friend fall and break a leg at Indian Boundary Camp Ground in East Tennessee. Helicopter ride to U T Medical Center in Knoxville TN (about a 20 minute ride)= $30,000. That is just for the ride.
There all over the place here in eastern Virginia. I took a picture of 4 of them sunning themselves walking down to my fishing hole. They didn't even turn their heads around at me not concerned 6 feet away.
I live in Texas too and when we played golf, any shot that went off the fairway, you always took a 3 iron to use like a blindman's cane. They are all over along with rattle snakes and cotton mouths/water moccasins. If you got them around your house, you've got a rodent problem.
I live in South Carolina and they're here too. The ones we run across on our property are non-aggressive but confident in their camouflage. Meaning, they lie still and let you walk right on by. Most people are bitten because they inadvertently step on them.
@michaelsix9684 Yes, sir. I've seen more Copperheads this year. Then I've seen my whole life. Finally, I saw a King Snake late this summer. I hope it cleans house.
I have seen several copperheads in South East Kentucky that were 52 inches. The ones here are much darker than the one you caught, there in Texas. I used to live in Arkansas and the snakes there were similar color to the one you caught. We don't go outside here in Ky. at night without a good flashlight.
Same here in the Lake Cumberland area. 36"-48" seems to be the only size I ever see. Timber Rattlers have also been seemingly increasing in size (girth).
I’m in north Texas and we find them on our property a lot starting around June through the summer. I was bit on my hand and let me tell you it hurts pretty bad.
One of my staff lived in Louisiana years ago when her husband was stationed at an Army facility. The stories she had about spiders, insects, snakes and assorted creepy crawlers was more than enough to forget any ideas of moving south. She woke up one night to make a bathroom call. As she was trying to get out of bed she heard a small unusual noise. Her pupils must have dilated in alarm because even in the dark she could see a darker round thing. Turned out to be a venomous snake. If she'd ignored her senses and walked to the bathroom, she'd have brushed the snake going by it. The house they rented was an A-frame on stilts about 2-3 ft high. Even with screening critters were always finding a way under the house. After a couple years he got transferred and she was glad.
From what I learned Texans have Rattlesnake roundup every year, I was driving through Texas one year and come up behind a pickup with rattlesnakes in the back.
@@srvafool That's why they call them King snakes. They are the king and kill all other snakes. Except they aren't poisonous so they don't get much attention from humans, but other snakes fear them.
My family recently moved to east Texas, my wife and I are concerned about copperhead snakes. We have young children and dogs. We found your video very informative. Thank you.
Dogs will protect you from snakes. They will die protecting you if you are a good master. We had a loyal lab. She got a few rattlesnakes for us as a gift. In san antonio lake hills. She gave us 18 years of loyal luv.
@@oreo1064 Check to see if there's a vaccine available for the dog. When my brother moved to Phoenix area he checked with a local vet on the cost of treating a dog for snakebite...in the thousands. Cost of vaccine...90 bucks. That was a no-brainer decision.
In the mid 1970s I killed two massive copperheads measuring 58 and 59 inches. I had two that were larger but escaped. I have had arguments with biologists who insist that I must have misidentified them as copperheads because, in their words "copperheads just don't get that big". I know for a fact that they do.
Largest Copperhead found in the State of Texas she said, "50 inches". 1) has the largest been found? 2) was yours outside of Texas? Simple deductive reasoning, rather than disagreement. 🤔
I'm with Phil, "WE NEED MORE ROOM". One of my employees stepped on one and was bitten on the foot. She needed $110,000 in anti-venom before it was over.
I had an aunt who lived in Pineville Kentucky. She and my uncle had 3 chicken coops behind their house and every summet, we would watch my aunt get her tools and pull copperheads out from under the coops. Brave woman!
I caught a baby copperhead once. Used a long piece of baseboard and some hedges nips. I put it in a 5 gal. bucket. The head turned copper when harrassed. Good job Lady!
Interesting fact. Some snakes like the Blue Racers will drive copperheads and rattlesnake away ( and sometimes eat them). I had some on my property in East Texas and seldom saw copperheads. Great video
I was dropped off after dark once, to spend a night digging for artifacts, at a site located 1/2 mile off the road. When I tired, I leaned back on the cool white sand I had unearthed, and slept until morning. Soon after a friend showed up to join me, we discovered three juvenile Copperheads, right where I had been sleeping. Had one of them bitten me, I might not have made it out. I had no cell service, and my ride was planning on picking me up at noon.
Holy Moly! That is a big Copperhead. I came upon a 50 inch Diamondback last year that was extremely agitated. By far the biggest I've seen, but my buddy got a pic of a 5 footer just a few weeks later, near the same spot. I'm in western AZ.
My wife and I would love to buy you a beer young lady!!! We are fellow Texan's and know the high importance of snakes, and all creatures important to the local ecology!!
Copperheads have attitude and will not get out of your way most of the time. If you get close, it will strike at you. Be very careful with these cocky bastards.
My husband has found 2 copperheads on our lot. One was by a coiled hose near an outside faucet. The second was under a bush. I am guessing they were looking for a cool spot in hot weather.
I'm watching them to try and desensitize myself because I'm so terrified of them. We'll likely be moving to North Carolina from NY and I know they're extremely prevalent there😧
My uncles own a few hundred acres in SW Virginia and there's sections of blowdown trees full of slate rock that in early summer half the logs and rocks you turn over will have at least one copperhead if not several. In the late season that area is where we find most of our ginseng.
I was at my Dentist office recently and there was a woman there wearing Western boots and she was wearing a long dress. I told her that I liked her boots and that she looked very lady liked. She thanked me. What an awesome sized Copperhead snake to get back on subject of this video.
I used to have Copperheads and would sometimes find them sun bathing on my tractor or curled up around the brake pedal or under the tractor seat, but now, for about a decade, I have Black Snakes so it has been a long time since I have seen a Copperhead. I did however hear a rattlesnake buzz this summer while wandering a meadow. I chose to not explore further in that direction.
I was in an Army unit that collected snakes as pets. Someone turned over an aquarium with multiple copperheads next to a couple hundred parachutes. They quickly hid in all the nooks and crannies.
We have a family friend she is 75 she got bit by two different copperheads on the same day she lives in Mineral Wells Texas. Let me tell you she only weighs 90 lb but she is one tough old bird and she got through it okay
With that snake around they don't need those rat traps! I have a hunch the homeowner's mom, who volunteered to catch the snake, comes from a place where she had to deal with one-step and two-step snakes.
@@bunnyman6321 One step snake bites you and you take one step and you're dead. With 2 step snake you get two steps til you're dead. Black mamba, krate, Australian brown snake.
The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae. The eastern copperhead has distinctive, dark brown, hourglass-shaped markings, overlaid on a light reddish brown or brown/gray background. The body type is heavy, rather than slender. Neonates are born with green or yellow tail tips, which progress to a darker brown or black within one year. Adults grow to a typical length (including tail) of 50-95 cm (20-37 in). In most of North America, the eastern copperhead favors deciduous forest and mixed woodlands. It may occupy rock outcroppings and ledges, but is also found in low-lying, swampy regions. During the winter, it hibernates in dens or limestone crevices, often together with timber rattlesnakes and black rat snakes.[4] The eastern copperhead is known to feed on a wide variety of prey, including invertebrates (primarily arthropods) and vertebrates. Like most pit vipers, the eastern copperhead is generally an ambush predator; it takes up a promising position and waits for suitable prey to arrive. As a common species within its range, it may be encountered by humans. Unlike other viperids, it often "freezes" instead of slithering away and fleeing, due to its habit of relying on excellent camouflage. Bites occur due to people unknowingly stepping on or near them.[6] Copperhead bites account for half of the treated snake bites in the United States.[7] Five subspecies have been recognized in the past, but recent genetic analysis had yielded new species information. Etymology Its generic name is derived from the Greek words ankistron "hook, fishhook" and odon, variant of odous "tooth". The trivial name, or specific epithet, comes from the Latin contortus (twisted, intricate, complex), which is usually interpreted to reference the distorted pattern of darker bands across the snake's back, which are broad at the lateral base, but "pinched" into narrow hourglass shapes in the middle at the vertebral area.
You’re good at snatching up the snakes 👍. That’s the size that came after me and got the high top part of my sneakers . Same scenario , woodpile . Didn’t know it was there
I live in Georgia and there are many copperheads all over the state. In 1996, on July 4th, I tried to catch one. It was able to get me on the finger with 1 fang. I was in severe pain for well over six or seven months.
Obviously, not everything is bigger in Texas. Some time ago, we had a local in my community (in Virginia), that killed a copperhead in excess of 5 foot long and the girth around the middle of the body was around 9 inches. It's size was so exceptional that it made the local paper with a pretty good sized write up. But typically 40"-50" long is a typical copperhead around here.
Record for a copperhead is 53 inches long documented by the University of Georgia. It was a road kill specimen from Bolivar Tennessee that was donated because of its large size for a copperhead.
@Richard H INC EMON The record for a copperhead in Virginia is 48". Perhaps this snake was not recorded because it's size was not published until after the snake had been killed. Somewhere in all of my things, I still have the clipping from the paper. The photo shows the gentleman holding the snake by the tail, his arm outstretched shoulder height, and the snake's nose was barely missing the ground. I can't remember if they specified the exact dimensions of the snake down to the fraction or whether they gave the closest even dimension. But I knew the man in questioning he was tall enough that 60" + to his shoulder would not be a stretch. Another consideration, the story was published back in the very early 1980's, and I don't know that they were recording sizes of snake's killed in my area back then. In this area, copperheads are plentiful enough to almost be considered a nuisance, and the man in question was notorious for dispatching them from this area. No sweat off of my nose whether he was 5' or 5", the video just reminded me of the story, and I thought I would share.
@davidhorsley1149 Just came across this comment again. A little bit late but in my home town in NC a 57in copperhead was killed and photographs were in the paper 1982 so you have to notify state Wildlife officials for documentation of the snake to be official . I have been interested in snakes for 61 years now I'm 68 years old. The largest verified pitviper is the Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake 7ft.9in.34lb documented by Guinness World Records 1946 shot and killed by a hunter named Rutledge . The largest verified Cottonmouth was captured in 1990 74in.11lb in the Great dismal swamp North Carolina and Virginia border documentation by NC Wildlife Fish and Game division D.N.R. Take care and have a great day 😊
@richardhincemon Like I said, I didn't measure the snake. The picture was in the paper of the man who killed it, holding the snake by the tail with his arm outstretched, parallel to the ground. The gentleman was over six feet tall, so that put his shoulder height at over five feet, and the snake's nose was missing the ground by about two or three inches. I stand to gain absolutely nothing by inflating the size of the snake. I didn't feed and raise it to that size, and I didn't kill it. I just thought I would share the story and make a joke at the expense of Texas.
@@davidhorsley1149I think I know this picture. I think it was due to the angle of the picture taken. Not done on purpose to be misleading. Just the way it was taken. I'm sure there's bigger snakes out there. Just like in life. There's always something bigger and worse out there.
We got our share of these guys here in South Carolina. The morning sun hits my house and warms up the concrete stoop... Twice I’ve been greeted by Copper Heads warming up on it.. My neighbor has also had them lounging outside his door…
I was on the screened in back porch that had double swing out doors that had a gap of about 1-1/2 inch between the doors & the floor. I was going out one day there was a copperhead right by my foot, it had crawled thru the gap. Make sure theres no gap between the door & your floor; also make sure theres no gap where water/sewer pipes enter your house, they only need about one inch to get thru.
I was on a road job in the Ouachita Mountains between Talihina and Honobia. We were winding down for the day on a Friday evening. A trail ride group were assembling with horse trailers and I was servicing equipment. A woman let out a scream and climbed the pickup shouting about snakes. Of course that drew a crowd headed that way and she said not to come near because the ground was alive with copperheads. She had apparently backed the trailer into a ball of them. We killed them with axes by the dozens. Some were huge and instead of smooth as usual were so old they had large scales on them. The Indians from down in that part of the country say they migrate across the mountains in breeding colonies. I just know I don't want to see any more like that.
I didn't get to see the snake but for a a eighth of a second get a new camera guy he's obviously terrified of snakes i would have really liked to have gotten a good look at the snake A for effort nice video!
Lol yeah I took two pretty big Copperheads out of a neighbor's cellar a couple summers ago, and relocated them way down in the woods below our barn. I had one in my hands held up to get a photo, and the guy I had given my phone to get a couple pics of me holding it, was so freaked out by it, that he wouldn't get close enough to me for a good shot😄. I would step forward, and he would take about 3 steps backwards. I took them both to my garage, and got some good shots of them, but no selfies holding one. Safety first with those snakes. They won't hardly ever kill an adult human, but I've seen bite results and have been told by others that the venom produces enormous pain.
@@timchilders3535 correct me if I'm wrong but there isn't a snake venom vaccine or whatever it's called if someone gets bit by a snake then they get a shot that kills the snake venom but they don't have any for a copperhead bite correct? I'm not scared of snakes but I give them their space several years back me and my dad was picking up fence post that was laying on the ground and a snake went slithering off and i grabbed it thinking it was a chicken snake and it about got me and I threw it down and it was a copperhead snake 😂
@@rileyjothecorso9732 There is an antivenin called Crofab, that would be the type used, for all our native Pit Viper species, basically all Rattlesnake subspecies, Water moccasin, and Copperheads. In my understanding, they usually avoid administering it for Copperhead bites,maybe occasionally, if deemed to be a pretty heavy envenomation, I really can't say for sure why or why not. The Copperhead has by far the least toxic venom of the Pit Viper snakes, and if one is fortunate enough to take a dry bite, with little to no envenomation, it can be a fairly quick recovery. Heavy envenomations can and will cause serious pain, and serious tissue damage and loss, even possible digit loss. They're still a pretty nasty bite. I do know the Crofab is extremely expensive, that may factor in the decisions not to use as well. Oh and lol yes you got lucky, to let loose of that Copperhead before it tagged you. They generally thrash and whip around pretty wildly if picked up unexpectedly or roughly.
@@timchilders3535 I wasn't sure i was watching a video and they were talking about something like that about the copperheads when you see one of those guys that's colored like a new penny copper they are a beautiful snake the one that the lady caught on that video looked like it had the bright copper color but I couldn't tell the camera guy didn't get a great shot of the snake had me really disappointed 😞
@@rileyjothecorso9732 Yes I'd love to have seen a little more of the snake, it looked like a beautiful one. Copperheads really are pretty, when you take a moment and just look at their vibrant colors and patterning. The last two I saw were super light colored, with perfect reddish brownish Hershey Kisses markings, and like you mentioned, their heads were strikingly shiny copper colored. There are a few various Copperhead subspecies, that look a little different. The Broadbandeds have the usual colorations, but instead of the Hershey Kisses patterning, it's just a series of bands. Still easy to spot as a Copperhead. Osage look a little different. The wildest ones, are some rare mutants found in Mississippi, that have stripes, that run the length of their bodies, with maybe a little of the classic patterning near close to the tail. I've only seen photos, science hasn't really 100% figured them out yet I don't think. They look wild. Still look like Copperheads, at least to me, I'm sure most people pretty familiar with snakes will realize it's a venomous pit viper, and once you take a good look, the colorations are pretty much spot on Copperhead, just really mixed up! I don't keep any snakes or other reptiles for "pets" and I really don't even go looking for snakes anymore like I used to. I just keep my eyes open and hope to see one, and I do removal relocations for anyone that needs, or if I just happen to find one in a potentially dangerous situation.
I've been an alligator fanatic since I was 5. Always fascinated with them and learned how to do call them with the baby gator chirp. That really really works well at getting a gator to come to you. When I was about 13 or 14 me and another guy found a baby gator nest. It wasn't an actual nest. They had already hatched and were all hanging out in this little lagoon that was on one side of this small creek. We didn't see the mother gator. I came back later that same afternoon to see if mother gator was around. I still didn't see her, but I figured she's probably on the bottom of the creek somewhere, so I started doing the chirp and watching the creek. Something caught my eye below me, and I look down and there is this giant black head coming out of a hole in the bank literally right up under my feet. I was not a running back when I played football but for the next 20 seconds, I could have run in the NFL I moved so fast. She was in a hole that was made by a natural spring that came out of the side of the bank, but you couldn't tell there was a hole there when you're standing on top of the bank. The land this was on was untouched for a very long time and a 13ft gator was caught in the pond about 75 yds away from there, but it was a male. My grandfather bought that land in the 90s and it was a really cool place to hang out growing up. You could grab chunks of limestone off the bottom of the pond and break them open and see all kinds of fossils and shark's teeth fossils inside this limestone. I couldn't imagine how long ago that would have had to have been b/c this was about 80 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama. I lit up when I saw this video b/c I used to work very close to where this lady is in a giant swamp called Sabine Pass.
They really are beautiful animals but they have a bad habit of living exceptionally close to humans. Just the other day, we had one try to slither into our garage while we were standing there.
Camera girl freaking out needing more room while Shannon casually catches snake and puts it in the box. LoL
"We need room" he said. I was thinking, the next zip code?
"Camera girl" 😂🤣
That's her husband not a camera girl lol
@@dolfanshannon well aware. It's called sarcasm.
@@tag_76 lol hard to detect sarcasm in text speech
Got bit by one in Beaumont. Hospital bill was a bigger shock than the bite
Wow, how much was it?
I was bitten and decided to avoid doctors. Took about 6 weeks to recover fully.
Lord, I'm sorry to hear that. We really do medicine wrong in this country.
@@bluest1524 Please don't say "we"
@@baneverything5580 Sounds like the doctor bit you worse than the snake
I grew up on a wooded farm in north central Texas in the 1950s. Copperheads were fairly common and they definitely earned my respect.
We have them here in northern Alabama, and they are extremely aggressive, "ill-tempered" snakes. Several years ago a Huntsville man posted a UA-cam video of a copperhead's decapitated head biting its own body. Yikes!!
@@ernestinebass4371 I hope it's only Northern Alabama, cause I'm planning to move to Southern Alabama next year. Gators are fairly visible on land...snakes hide under things.
@@MrMajikman1 Loath as I am to be the bearer of bad news, there are copperheads in south Alabama, too, along with water moccasins, eastern coral snakes, and several types of rattlesnakes. If you're a hiking enthusiast, you may find a well-sharpened garden hoe makes a mighty fine walking stick.
@@ernestinebass4371 Thanks for the heads up! Not a big hiking enthusiast, but I would hate to find them while mowing my lawn...or in my garage...or on my porch...or. Looks like I'll have to do some research on how to spot and identify them. I live in Illinois, and the only snakes that will kill you here, are the Politicians! Lol
@@ernestinebass4371they're just defensive
Mad respect for the young lady who caught it.
Next time she goes on a snake call she should take a camera man with at least one ball. He was so busy running he didn't get half of the footage... 😕😕😕
Right?? He was filming, but it wasn't the snake...
If he wasn’t filming, he could’ve caught it the very first time she pulled it out
I thought that, too.
If I had the camera, I'd be recording from behind. 🤤🤤
I don't know, I think by the way she's holding her teeth, she's scared to death, but pretending she's not.
The prettiest snake wrangler I ever saw
Big t i t * s
Implants
@@allanfarr , bigger is better...... period
Shannon is Gorgeous !!!!!!!!!! Beautiful smile and personality......don't care for the tat though...too pretty to be marred with that nonsense.........
@@googoo-gjoob Not if they're fake.
A guy I worked with in Alabama lost his leg in a cotton combine, years later in was working in the cotton field and a copperhead nailed him in his artificial leg. He carried around a newspaper clipping with his picture holding the dead snake.
This was one of those glass-half-full moments, I reckon…😉
Agreed. That was the quickest I’ve ever seen a copperhead move
You never had one chase you yet. They will attack you.
The Northern variety is larger and faster and will jump up and out like a alligator snapping turtle....they are a dull copper...
@@Edward-eo5fvYes they will...
@@Edward-eo5fv- it’s been my experience that they act similar to the this one did.
So happy people like you exist, because I can’t stand messing with snakes.
I could watch her all day!
Indeed !
You and me both brother!
She should wear a string bikini.
With just one hand while clicking on the other video?
U betcha
I was once bit by a western diamondback It looked huge but a herpetologist once told me that a snake looks 30% bigger when viewed from directly above.
Anyway the snake was stuck to my leg for a short while, until it latterly ripped the fangs out of its mouth to get away. Later I had to use plyers to get the snake's fangs out of my prosthesis.
Later I saw a Far Side cartoon of a guy with a pegleg walking in the desert. Next to one of the peg prints was a rattlesnake with a messed up mouth.
I sent this story to Gary Larson with a picture om my fake leg with rattlesnake fangs imbedded in it. He sent back a poster sized copy of the cartoon signed with, "When life imitates my art, run."
I was surprised how hard they hit.
Great story! Lol! Glad u survived!
Even his reply is funny, lol
One bite of an eastern diamond back rattler is equal to at least twenty copperhead bites.
A copperhead bite is nothing compared to a bite from one of those.
What a sweet story, thanks for sharing!
I've heard the strike has force. Glad it was your prosthesis!
I told you I knew where I saw you guys from! It was great seeing you at the show last night! I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as Susie did. She laughed so hard the whole time I’m pretty sure the people in front of her were a little annoyed but the lady behind us laughed even harder. I had a great time you guys stay safe and like I said, I knew I knew you! I’m gonna catch the rest of your videos. Have a good day!
I'm always fascinated with people that have such unique passions!! You can feel her love for the snake which is definitely not your typical quality. Very cool!
Is that what I was feeling ….
I never knew copperheads could move so quickly.
Copperheads are some of the scariest snakes to me locally. Their camouflage is AMAZING and they don't ever seem very docile in videos.
And they climb trees! My dad lives in N. Texas, and I thought I only had to watch the ground for them. But up in the trees like the rainforest? I'm out!! 😱🐍
They are by far the most aggressive snake I've seen. Tried moving one away, it wouldn't go. Most snakes flee at the first chance. Not the copperhead.
Obviously haven't been to Australia! Four of the six most dangerous (aggressively AND venomously) snakes in the world live here; and sometimes they get quite narky when you grab them by the tail to throw them out of the house.
@@noimagination99 They don't move because they're using their camo to blend in. I tried moving one off the bike path (I had just ridden by within one foot) and it didn't want to budge. Another guy came by and got it on the end of a branch to move it to avoid an encounter with other riders as it was in the middle of the trail. Definitely wasn't aggressive but my fear is stepping on one or riding over one. Got some pics of a very cool looking snake.
Lots of copperheads around my land but I haven't seen an aggressive one yet. They usually go motionless and hope you don't notice them. All is good as long as you do see them and avoid them. I wouldn't want to step on one. Really weird that I haven't seen any the last few years. Use to see 3-4 a year.
Had a nephew on vacation in Tennessee camping way outside of town and got bit by a copperhead on one of his toes through his tennis shoe. When my wife told me, I said he'll be fine. I told her people rarely die from their bite, but he's going to have some pain for a while - and he did. He got a helicopter ride out of it though.
I had a friend fall and break a leg at Indian Boundary Camp Ground in East Tennessee. Helicopter ride to U T Medical Center in Knoxville TN (about a 20 minute ride)= $30,000. That is just for the ride.
There all over the place here in eastern Virginia. I took a picture of 4 of them sunning themselves walking down to my fishing hole. They didn't even turn their heads around at me not concerned 6 feet away.
Oh great. That's where l am. Never seen one though.
Could it have been a natrix sipedon (water snake)? Looks very similar and frequently misidentified as copperhead or water moccasin.
I wasn’t watching the snake! 😍
And your snake...
What snake?
Neither was I….
That's the plan!
"men of culture" and copperheads go perfectly together.
🙈 Oh yeah there was a snake there after all.
In '77 we lived in Beaumont. I opened the front door and found a baby copperhead on the mat. Stepped on it, went to school. 😂
Typical hick behavior.
I live in Texas too and when we played golf, any shot that went off the fairway, you always took a 3 iron to use like a blindman's cane. They are all over along with rattle snakes and cotton mouths/water moccasins. If you got them around your house, you've got a rodent problem.
I noticed all the rodent traps around this lady house where the snake was caught.
@@bunnyman6321they come for the chicken feed
@@bunnyman6321 I noticed all the junk laying around the house, it gives rodents and snakes a place to hide.
@@tomkat_Kansas True
@@tomkat_Kansas Exactly. Those woodpiles slightly elevated off the ground with a brick are the perfect hiding places for snakes.
I live in South Carolina and they're here too. The ones we run across on our property are non-aggressive but confident in their camouflage. Meaning, they lie still and let you walk right on by. Most people are bitten because they inadvertently step on them.
they are a big problem in Georgia too
@michaelsix9684 Yes, sir. I've seen more Copperheads this year. Then I've seen my whole life. Finally, I saw a King Snake late this summer. I hope it cleans house.
I have seen several copperheads in South East Kentucky that were 52 inches. The ones here are much darker than the one you caught, there in Texas. I used to live in Arkansas and the snakes there were similar color to the one you caught. We don't go outside here in Ky. at night without a good flashlight.
Same here in the Lake Cumberland area.
36"-48" seems to be the only size I ever see.
Timber Rattlers have also been seemingly increasing in size (girth).
@@kentuckyblugrass I am in the Laurel Lake area. head waters of Lake Cumberland.
@@garyshinn4626 it's been several years since I've been to Laurel. I hope it's still as beautiful and well kept as I remember it.
I too live by a lake in KY ( not gonna say which one) but copperhead can be a daily sight if you look.
Do dogs in the SE get nailed by these vipers often, and how do dogs fair?
When will that video be up? I would like to know how to identify a copper head moving to Mathis in Lake City area Texas
Got to respect a woman like her. Beautiful and smart!
I’m in north Texas and we find them on our property a lot starting around June through the summer. I was bit on my hand and let me tell you it hurts pretty bad.
i don't believe it. i'll have to try it and see for myself
I lost 2 fingers from a bite
I'm glad I live in Alaska. No snakes at all. Zero. Zip. None. That's the way I like it.
One of my staff lived in Louisiana years ago when her husband was stationed at an Army facility. The stories she had about spiders, insects, snakes and assorted creepy crawlers was more than enough to forget any ideas of moving south. She woke up one night to make a bathroom call. As she was trying to get out of bed she heard a small unusual noise. Her pupils must have dilated in alarm because even in the dark she could see a darker round thing. Turned out to be a venomous snake. If she'd ignored her senses and walked to the bathroom, she'd have brushed the snake going by it.
The house they rented was an A-frame on stilts about 2-3 ft high. Even with screening critters were always finding a way under the house. After a couple years he got transferred and she was glad.
Most of the snakes in the uk are in parliament
Yeah, but you have Bears and Wolves. We all have something to keep us on our toes.
bite from a brown rec is worse than from a copperhead.
But you get unalived by a bear as you mind your own business.
Loved the banty rooster sounding off ever so often. The snake catcher was pretty pleasing to watch.
so glad you wore those protective boots !!!😉
She has line dancing later tonight.
She's smart
I don’t have the faith to handle any snake with anything less than a twelve gauge!
Time to think differently.
@@miklosdavid7627 NO NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY!...SHOTGUN! SHOTGUN! SHOTGUN ! SHOTGUN!
@@frankbolander2239 So that is the American way, I see. Good luck then and keep safe. 🙂
@@miklosdavid7627 I agree with ed, 20 gauge works pretty good also.
From what I learned Texans have Rattlesnake roundup every year, I was driving through Texas one year and come up behind a pickup with rattlesnakes in the back.
The Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Roundup. They catch some huge rattlers out there
@@markrobertson481 I did not know just where this was. Very well be the area that I drove through at the time Thank you
@@markrobertson481 I drove through Sweetwater last year and it is quite the party. I must admit rattlesnake is good eating.
God bless the inventor of denim shorts.
She looks like Heather Locklear
and Tank tops.
depends on who's wearing them
@@Nousername4655 depends on who's wearing them
@@Landis_Grantha ha … I just made that comment… yes when she was 💨🥵🥵
My Mom’s garage had a bunch of baby copperheads in it. I just put a large king snake in it and shut the exits tightly.
always cover the bottom step on stairs to your ankles
I've been curious about this. King snakes will kill poisonous snakes? I've heard they will.
@@srvafool They will and do, all thanks to their immunity to viper venom. It's how they earned the title "King".
@@srvafool That's why they call them King snakes. They are the king and kill all other snakes. Except they aren't poisonous so they don't get much attention from humans, but other snakes fear them.
Don't ever kill a king snake!!!!❤
My family recently moved to east Texas, my wife and I are concerned about copperhead snakes. We have young children and dogs. We found your video very informative. Thank you.
Don't leave piles of wood or flat tin, plywood around yard. Mice get in them places and snakes like the mice.
Get cats
Dogs will protect you from snakes. They will die protecting you if you are a good master. We had a loyal lab. She got a few rattlesnakes for us as a gift. In san antonio lake hills. She gave us 18 years of loyal luv.
@@oreo1064 Check to see if there's a vaccine available for the dog. When my brother moved to Phoenix area he checked with a local vet on the cost of treating a dog for snakebite...in the thousands. Cost of vaccine...90 bucks. That was a no-brainer decision.
Really, what was informative about this video? Besides the fact a woman showing as much skin as possible in her video will get a lot of views.
In the mid 1970s I killed two massive copperheads measuring 58 and 59 inches. I had two that were larger but escaped. I have had arguments with biologists who insist that I must have misidentified them as copperheads because, in their words "copperheads just don't get that big". I know for a fact that they do.
Methinks you called 'em wrong.
Case in point, if I killed a copperhead that big, I would have kept it ,in a cooler with ice
Largest Copperhead found in the State of Texas she said, "50 inches". 1) has the largest been found? 2) was yours outside of Texas? Simple deductive reasoning, rather than disagreement. 🤔
Always an exception to the average.
@jimmyraythomason1 -
I’ve got a few similar fishing stories (the ones that got away).
She dressed for the job 😂
A very Texas video, complete with the boots and accents. You Texans are funny. Yee-haw!
Haha; We Texans aren't funny,,, you people are funny! Have a good day
I think embarrassingly dumb is more like it. They think they live in a nice state.
I'm with Phil, "WE NEED MORE ROOM". One of my employees stepped on one and was bitten on the foot. She needed $110,000 in anti-venom before it was over.
I had an aunt who lived in Pineville Kentucky. She and my uncle had 3 chicken coops behind their house and every summet, we would watch my aunt get her tools and pull copperheads out from under the coops. Brave woman!
That rooster sounded like he was dying.
Honestly sounded like a human screaming at the top of thier lungs" erka DOoDLE DOO"
Freaking exorcist rooster!
He was alerting the snake they're here.
Cool video and a fearless lady!
Damn she’s absolutely beautiful.
I caught a baby copperhead once. Used a long piece of baseboard and some hedges nips. I put it in a 5 gal. bucket. The head turned copper when harrassed. Good job Lady!
I know it's just a Copperhead, but catching any venomous snake wearing shorts is just reckless.
Wow, I’ve never seen a snake wearing shorts.
@@PrideofIpplepen 🤣
Legs and cleavage are the gimmick here .
@@PrideofIpplepen short*
Copperhead, 7th deadliest snake in the world. but quite docile compared to most. had a few around my yard over the years.
I used to like watching Rattlesnake Roundup on TV, but its no longer shown!
Interesting fact. Some snakes like the Blue Racers will drive copperheads and rattlesnake away ( and sometimes eat them). I had some on my property in East Texas and seldom saw copperheads. Great video
I was dropped off after dark once, to spend a night digging for artifacts, at a site located 1/2 mile off the road. When I tired, I leaned back on the cool white sand I had unearthed, and slept until morning.
Soon after a friend showed up to join me, we discovered three juvenile Copperheads, right where I had been sleeping.
Had one of them bitten me, I might not have made it out. I had no cell service, and my ride was planning on picking me up at noon.
Leave the Camera guy at Home next time
Holy Moly! That is a big Copperhead. I came upon a 50 inch Diamondback last year that was extremely agitated. By far the biggest I've seen, but my buddy got a pic of a 5 footer just a few weeks later, near the same spot. I'm in western AZ.
My wife and I would love to buy you a beer young lady!!! We are fellow Texan's and know the high importance of snakes, and all creatures important to the local ecology!!
Copperheads have attitude and will not get out of your way most of the time. If you get close, it will strike at you. Be very careful with these cocky bastards.
That was awesome - I just realized that I was contorting up into a ball, watching this -as if the snake is going to bite me!
Thank you camara man. You know what we're here for. The snake on 2 legs!(saying it with love in my voice)
Yes.
My husband has found 2 copperheads on our lot. One was by a coiled hose near an outside faucet. The second was under a bush. I am guessing they were looking for a cool spot in hot weather.
Or you have rodent problems
They evidently grow bigger here in eastern Kentucky. That was an average size copperhead for my region.
Yep. Southern Indiana has some biggins
@@everyday80sdude86 I grew up in southern Indiana and never saw a Copperhead but I have smelled them.
@@gregoryhodge9452 The snake, although not so long, was very healthy. Copperheads smell like cucumbers.
it helps not to have piles of lumber, etc. for snakes to hide in, same with brush -- keep area around house clear
She really knows how to handle a big snake!😂
Copperheads can be super wiggly and strong. I've had em work their way out of tongs. Nooses also. Same with cottonmouths.
The power of UA-cam...never thought I'd be watching snake catching videos!
I'm watching them to try and desensitize myself because I'm so terrified of them. We'll likely be moving to North Carolina from NY and I know they're extremely prevalent there😧
That was a good catch. You have more guts than I have. My experience is with rattlers in Arizona.
What a gorgeous creature ❤❤❤❤❤ oh yes, and the snake. 🐍
Hot for grannies?
Has that Heather Locklear vibe …. When she was 💨🥵🥵
😂😂
@@lvlndco They just buy exotic dangerous snakes and plant them in their wood piles so they can call in Sweet Gams Gator Gal to the rescue!🐍💋🐊
@@falcon4548 ,
She puts Heather Locklear to shame, she's a hottie!
My uncles own a few hundred acres in SW Virginia and there's sections of blowdown trees full of slate rock that in early summer half the logs and rocks you turn over will have at least one copperhead if not several. In the late season that area is where we find most of our ginseng.
I was at my Dentist office recently and there was a woman there wearing Western boots and she was wearing a long dress. I told her that I liked her boots and that she looked very lady liked. She thanked me. What an awesome sized Copperhead snake to get back on subject of this video.
You are not interested in the snakes mate
I used to have Copperheads and would sometimes find them sun bathing on my tractor or curled up around the brake pedal or under the tractor seat, but now, for about a decade, I have Black Snakes so it has been a long time since I have seen a Copperhead. I did however hear a rattlesnake buzz this summer while wandering a meadow. I chose to not explore further in that direction.
Chickens wood pile on the ground, you are asking for copperhead snakes
True story, just found 2 under a couple of pieces of wood in my backyard last week.
Chickens kill snakes
@@Paulscottrock mine run away from them. They’re too much of a chicken to face a copperhead. I saw it myself
I was in an Army unit that collected snakes as pets. Someone turned over an aquarium with multiple copperheads next to a couple hundred parachutes. They quickly hid in all the nooks and crannies.
We have a family friend she is 75 she got bit by two different copperheads on the same day she lives in Mineral Wells Texas. Let me tell you she only weighs 90 lb but she is one tough old bird and she got through it okay
Bitten
@@stevelarson3391 twice bitten once shy🤣🤣
@@DarkmanRides Lolol
Grew up in Orange County, N.Y. There is a heck of a lot of copperheads there too. Almost stepped on one a couple of times.
World’s loveliest snake hunter.😊
Great camera work, everywhere but on the action !!!
Blonde .. beautiful..short shorts.. tight T-shirt… catching snakes…. What more could one ask for?
A hoagie?
How about a tattoo?
Trying to stay cooler in a hot 🥵 and humid environment
Head .
-30 years?
Such a pretty an knowledgeable woman.
With that snake around they don't need those rat traps! I have a hunch the homeowner's mom, who volunteered to catch the snake, comes from a place where she had to deal with one-step and two-step snakes.
I feel like the probably put the rat traps out for the snake....
What's a 1 step and 2 step snake?
@@bunnyman6321 One step snake bites you and you take one step and you're dead. With 2 step snake you get two steps til you're dead. Black mamba, krate, Australian brown snake.
@@kixigvak Ouch.
What can you tell me about the Taipan?
The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae.
The eastern copperhead has distinctive, dark brown, hourglass-shaped markings, overlaid on a light reddish brown or brown/gray background. The body type is heavy, rather than slender. Neonates are born with green or yellow tail tips, which progress to a darker brown or black within one year. Adults grow to a typical length (including tail) of 50-95 cm (20-37 in).
In most of North America, the eastern copperhead favors deciduous forest and mixed woodlands. It may occupy rock outcroppings and ledges, but is also found in low-lying, swampy regions. During the winter, it hibernates in dens or limestone crevices, often together with timber rattlesnakes and black rat snakes.[4] The eastern copperhead is known to feed on a wide variety of prey, including invertebrates (primarily arthropods) and vertebrates. Like most pit vipers, the eastern copperhead is generally an ambush predator; it takes up a promising position and waits for suitable prey to arrive.
As a common species within its range, it may be encountered by humans. Unlike other viperids, it often "freezes" instead of slithering away and fleeing, due to its habit of relying on excellent camouflage. Bites occur due to people unknowingly stepping on or near them.[6] Copperhead bites account for half of the treated snake bites in the United States.[7]
Five subspecies have been recognized in the past, but recent genetic analysis had yielded new species information.
Etymology
Its generic name is derived from the Greek words ankistron "hook, fishhook" and odon, variant of odous "tooth". The trivial name, or specific epithet, comes from the Latin contortus (twisted, intricate, complex), which is usually interpreted to reference the distorted pattern of darker bands across the snake's back, which are broad at the lateral base, but "pinched" into narrow hourglass shapes in the middle at the vertebral area.
Uh, make that CrotaliDae, huh, Gary?
@@dewilderdbetter 165 I.Q.
dude running scared like a little girl LOL
WE NEED ROOM!
Actually, the girl was the one catching the snake.
@@TheSupernaturalWolf41 "girl"?? She grown! 😂
That was awesome.. What a rush and kudo's to you guys in being respectful to the animal..
Walk softly and carry a twelve gauge.
You’re good at snatching up the snakes 👍. That’s the size that came after me and got the high top part of my sneakers . Same scenario , woodpile . Didn’t know it was there
Snakes are so fascinating. Good job on catching it. ...Skill and calm
I live in Georgia and there are many copperheads all over the state. In 1996, on July 4th, I tried to catch one. It was able to get me on the finger with 1 fang. I was in severe pain for well over six or seven months.
Obviously, not everything is bigger in Texas. Some time ago, we had a local in my community (in Virginia), that killed a copperhead in excess of 5 foot long and the girth around the middle of the body was around 9 inches. It's size was so exceptional that it made the local paper with a pretty good sized write up. But typically 40"-50" long is a typical copperhead around here.
Record for a copperhead is 53 inches long documented by the University of Georgia. It was a road kill specimen from Bolivar Tennessee that was donated because of its large size for a copperhead.
@Richard H INC EMON The record for a copperhead in Virginia is 48". Perhaps this snake was not recorded because it's size was not published until after the snake had been killed.
Somewhere in all of my things, I still have the clipping from the paper. The photo shows the gentleman holding the snake by the tail, his arm outstretched shoulder height, and the snake's nose was barely missing the ground.
I can't remember if they specified the exact dimensions of the snake down to the fraction or whether they gave the closest even dimension. But I knew the man in questioning he was tall enough that 60" + to his shoulder would not be a stretch. Another consideration, the story was published back in the very early 1980's, and I don't know that they were recording sizes of snake's killed in my area back then. In this area, copperheads are plentiful enough to almost be considered a nuisance, and the man in question was notorious for dispatching them from this area.
No sweat off of my nose whether he was 5' or 5", the video just reminded me of the story, and I thought I would share.
@davidhorsley1149 Just came across this comment again. A little bit late but in my home town in NC a 57in copperhead was killed and photographs were in the paper 1982 so you have to notify state Wildlife officials for documentation of the snake to be official . I have been interested in snakes for 61 years now I'm 68 years old. The largest verified pitviper is the Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake 7ft.9in.34lb documented by Guinness World Records 1946 shot and killed by a hunter named Rutledge . The largest verified Cottonmouth was captured in 1990 74in.11lb in the Great dismal swamp North Carolina and Virginia border documentation by NC Wildlife Fish and Game division D.N.R. Take care and have a great day 😊
@richardhincemon Like I said, I didn't measure the snake. The picture was in the paper of the man who killed it, holding the snake by the tail with his arm outstretched, parallel to the ground. The gentleman was over six feet tall, so that put his shoulder height at over five feet, and the snake's nose was missing the ground by about two or three inches.
I stand to gain absolutely nothing by inflating the size of the snake. I didn't feed and raise it to that size, and I didn't kill it. I just thought I would share the story and make a joke at the expense of Texas.
@@davidhorsley1149I think I know this picture. I think it was due to the angle of the picture taken. Not done on purpose to be misleading. Just the way it was taken. I'm sure there's bigger snakes out there. Just like in life. There's always something bigger and worse out there.
On my property, I often find copperheads in pairs, but I don't know if that's a real thing or not. Maybe just random chance.
Nice except for the big ass tattoo.
Ditto
Agree
Thats just not right.
The tattoo or the big ass?
Yep. Sign of the times.
We got our share of these guys here in South Carolina. The morning sun hits my house and warms up the concrete stoop... Twice I’ve been greeted by Copper Heads warming up on it.. My neighbor has also had them lounging outside his door…
She wouldn’t have any trouble getting my snake in the box. 🐍
kind of what I was thinking !!!!!!!!!!!! lol
Is a little red wiggler considered a snake? I thought it was a worm.
🤢
Grate job ,what you do saves lives 👏 ty
Wow I had no idea Heather Locklear was also a talented snake hunter!!! 😍
I was on the screened in back porch that had double swing out doors that had a gap of about 1-1/2 inch between the doors & the floor. I was going out one day there was a copperhead right by my foot, it had crawled thru the gap. Make sure theres no gap between the door & your floor; also make sure theres no gap where water/sewer pipes enter your house, they only need about one inch to get thru.
I was on a road job in the Ouachita Mountains between Talihina and Honobia. We were winding down for the day on a Friday evening. A trail ride group were assembling with horse trailers and I was servicing equipment. A woman let out a scream and climbed the pickup shouting about snakes. Of course that drew a crowd headed that way and she said not to come near because the ground was alive with copperheads. She had apparently backed the trailer into a ball of them. We killed them with axes by the dozens. Some were huge and instead of smooth as usual were so old they had large scales on them.
The Indians from down in that part of the country say they migrate across the mountains in breeding colonies. I just know I don't want to see any more like that.
why did you kill them?
@@scottfay3553 because they are useless.
@@scottfay3553 They were in my work area.
@scottfay3553 Because he has a functioning brain.
This camera guy panicked and we didn’t get to see you get that copperhead.
...by design...there was no snake. Only clicks.
I didn't get to see the snake but for a a eighth of a second get a new camera guy he's obviously terrified of snakes i would have really liked to have gotten a good look at the snake A for effort nice video!
Lol yeah I took two pretty big Copperheads out of a neighbor's cellar a couple summers ago, and relocated them way down in the woods below our barn. I had one in my hands held up to get a photo, and the guy I had given my phone to get a couple pics of me holding it, was so freaked out by it, that he wouldn't get close enough to me for a good shot😄. I would step forward, and he would take about 3 steps backwards. I took them both to my garage, and got some good shots of them, but no selfies holding one. Safety first with those snakes. They won't hardly ever kill an adult human, but I've seen bite results and have been told by others that the venom produces enormous pain.
@@timchilders3535 correct me if I'm wrong but there isn't a snake venom vaccine or whatever it's called if someone gets bit by a snake then they get a shot that kills the snake venom but they don't have any for a copperhead bite correct? I'm not scared of snakes but I give them their space several years back me and my dad was picking up fence post that was laying on the ground and a snake went slithering off and i grabbed it thinking it was a chicken snake and it about got me and I threw it down and it was a copperhead snake 😂
@@rileyjothecorso9732 There is an antivenin called Crofab, that would be the type used, for all our native Pit Viper species, basically all Rattlesnake subspecies, Water moccasin, and Copperheads. In my understanding, they usually avoid administering it for Copperhead bites,maybe occasionally, if deemed to be a pretty heavy envenomation, I really can't say for sure why or why not. The Copperhead has by far the least toxic venom of the Pit Viper snakes, and if one is fortunate enough to take a dry bite, with little to no envenomation, it can be a fairly quick recovery. Heavy envenomations can and will cause serious pain, and serious tissue damage and loss, even possible digit loss. They're still a pretty nasty bite. I do know the Crofab is extremely expensive, that may factor in the decisions not to use as well. Oh and lol yes you got lucky, to let loose of that Copperhead before it tagged you. They generally thrash and whip around pretty wildly if picked up unexpectedly or roughly.
@@timchilders3535 I wasn't sure i was watching a video and they were talking about something like that about the copperheads when you see one of those guys that's colored like a new penny copper they are a beautiful snake the one that the lady caught on that video looked like it had the bright copper color but I couldn't tell the camera guy didn't get a great shot of the snake had me really disappointed 😞
@@rileyjothecorso9732 Yes I'd love to have seen a little more of the snake, it looked like a beautiful one. Copperheads really are pretty, when you take a moment and just look at their vibrant colors and patterning. The last two I saw were super light colored, with perfect reddish brownish Hershey Kisses markings, and like you mentioned, their heads were strikingly shiny copper colored. There are a few various Copperhead subspecies, that look a little different. The Broadbandeds have the usual colorations, but instead of the Hershey Kisses patterning, it's just a series of bands. Still easy to spot as a Copperhead. Osage look a little different. The wildest ones, are some rare mutants found in Mississippi, that have stripes, that run the length of their bodies, with maybe a little of the classic patterning near close to the tail. I've only seen photos, science hasn't really 100% figured them out yet I don't think. They look wild. Still look like Copperheads, at least to me, I'm sure most people pretty familiar with snakes will realize it's a venomous pit viper, and once you take a good look, the colorations are pretty much spot on Copperhead, just really mixed up! I don't keep any snakes or other reptiles for "pets" and I really don't even go looking for snakes anymore like I used to. I just keep my eyes open and hope to see one, and I do removal relocations for anyone that needs, or if I just happen to find one in a potentially dangerous situation.
I had one much bigger than that 3 feet from me in a country cemetery in Georgia. Scared me enough to carry a long handle shovel if I go back.
I've been an alligator fanatic since I was 5. Always fascinated with them and learned how to do call them with the baby gator chirp. That really really works well at getting a gator to come to you. When I was about 13 or 14 me and another guy found a baby gator nest. It wasn't an actual nest. They had already hatched and were all hanging out in this little lagoon that was on one side of this small creek. We didn't see the mother gator. I came back later that same afternoon to see if mother gator was around. I still didn't see her, but I figured she's probably on the bottom of the creek somewhere, so I started doing the chirp and watching the creek. Something caught my eye below me, and I look down and there is this giant black head coming out of a hole in the bank literally right up under my feet. I was not a running back when I played football but for the next 20 seconds, I could have run in the NFL I moved so fast. She was in a hole that was made by a natural spring that came out of the side of the bank, but you couldn't tell there was a hole there when you're standing on top of the bank. The land this was on was untouched for a very long time and a 13ft gator was caught in the pond about 75 yds away from there, but it was a male. My grandfather bought that land in the 90s and it was a really cool place to hang out growing up. You could grab chunks of limestone off the bottom of the pond and break them open and see all kinds of fossils and shark's teeth fossils inside this limestone. I couldn't imagine how long ago that would have had to have been b/c this was about 80 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama. I lit up when I saw this video b/c I used to work very close to where this lady is in a giant swamp called Sabine Pass.
I don't think I could have been quite so casual about the whole "catch and box" process!
If I was a copperhead and saw you coming with a hook to subdue me......I would surrender.
Next time you come to Orange, pick me up. I’ll help you find a snake.
She is beautiful plain and simple, and more of a man then most to go looking for them animals....
Give me more room. Turns around and the snake is in the box lol
They really are beautiful animals but they have a bad habit of living exceptionally close to humans. Just the other day, we had one try to slither into our garage while we were standing there.
Hi there how are you doing?
Move to NY State where there are no long snakes.
@@Lucaangelo252 Stop hitting on her. She out classes you.
Just came within a few feet of one on trail here in Virginia.
You're right. There was better things to look at. Wish she had been facing the other direction when she was on all fours.
Beauty with brain and brave girl... huge love from India