the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois has an area known as Snake Road (in the Larue Pines section) Water Moccasins, copperheads, timber rattlesnakes are commonly found there.
While nothing the narrator said in this video is dangerous, there are so many untrue statements and erroneous facts, it makes me worry wondering where he (narrator) got his information. Just to state three quick examples of errors of fact in this video: 1) At 2:50 he repeatedly calls the Copperhead a "rattlesnake." It is a pit viper but the Copperhead is NOT a species of rattlesnake. 2) At 10:15 he says California, Arizona and Texas have "multiple species of elapids and Coral Snakes." There are sub-species of Coral Snakes, but the Coral is the only elapid species wild in the United States. 3) And I'm probably splitting hairs here, but the maps are incorrect as well. For example, I have personally relocated 2 or 3 Copperheads from my father's property in northern Missouri. I'm not trying to be an ass or a troll here, but why waste your time (and ours) making a 13 minute video that is rife with false facts and errors? Especially when, in America, we have the news media to do that for us....
We had plenty of water moccasins (cottonmouth) in our lake when I worked at camp outside Tulsa (NE Oklahoma). THink you need to move that line up further in OK & Ark.
You can find a copperhead or timber rattler anywhere you have deciduous, mixed-wood forest. You can find a stray cottonmouth way north and west of the principal range because individuals migrate. Generally, he's right regarding principal ranges except for that KY, IN, OH timber belt. Principal range maps are always approximate.
With the copperhead, what you are showing there is actually the range of the southern copperhead. There is also a northern copperhead that lives in states like Ohio. I have seen a venomous snake list for Ohio and here it is: Eastern Massasuga Rattlesnake Timber Rattlesnake Northern Copperhead
I grew up in eastern Kentucky and we definitely have large population of both timber rattlesnake and copperheads but maybe I’m confused. Maybe it is those copperhead rattlesnakes I imagined. If you are going to do a video to impress someone or to educate them please get your facts straight.
New Mexico has copperheads and west Texas has the trans pecos copperhead and I grew up in Nashville ten and live in Wisconsin and there are cottonmouths found in Indiana and Illinois also Wisconsin has timbers throughout and Tennessee has dimondbacks I don’t think u realize that herping people care ALOT about range. I also don’t think u are a beeper
In fact Ohio has at least four venomous snakes that I know of the massasauga rattlesnake timber rattlesnake the pygmy rattlesnake in Northern or Eastern copperhead
Cottonmouth water moccasins have been seen in the Appalachian hills of the anthracite region of northeast PA. My father and I fished in summer, and it was not unknown to see them near the rivers, streams, and brooks. We saw at least one, sometimes more, every summer.
Copper head and Cotton mouth along with thw Timber and Massasauga rattlee are found in Indiana. Seen Cotton mouth but not the other 3. I have had many say they found copper heads. I live on the southern west boarder of KY and IL
I live in ny state and I have woods like a hundred feet away from my house and Copperheads live in those woods I saw one in my friends front yard I was about 20 feet away from it I flew away as fast as I could go.
Good day everybody. Please do not take these diagrammes as absolutes. These show the significant areas of population, but we should always remember that a significant amount of cross over exists. A link for a more comprehensive overview of snakes and their relative ranges: www.venombyte.com/venom/snakes/western_diamondback_rattlesnake.asp
Are you trying to save yourself? Crossover, where it exists, should have been noted with cross-hatching line at the very least. You should have done better research than just Google. Contact any state's public university's zoology department. They'll send you more accurate information for free. Read the comments, bucko. We who have lived in those states we mentioned are better informed than YOU.
Ok you might wanna do a little more research, especially on a copperhead, there is no such animal as a "copperhead rattlesnake" and the copperhead range extends a lot farther north and west.
in your charts you may need to go back and cover your species of snakes a little closer that you have shaded on the charts. you did not have ia-in-oh-w.va.-shaded for the timber rattlesnake. you did not have shaded the copperhead for the states of ia-in-oh-w.va.-ky-wi-pa-tn- il and va. and the states for the cotttonmouth shaded for the states of in-and va. also did you have the range for the massasauga rattlesnake? thanks.
I suggest to update location areas. Believe you can just read the comments given, locations :). Live mid eastern Pennsylvania not many rattlers but big copperheads, water snakes. Had cabin by Sinnemahoning creek, Pa. North central. Back in the 80’s. Locals had snake hunt festival. Those boys brought back about every snake on the list. But I. Suggest, don’t play with snakes. Some of the boys, the snake caught them. And they looked like the Pillsbury dough boy :).
Terry Pennsylvania has no copperheads. Snakes are less common the further away from the equator you get. But snakes have been found as far north as the Arctic circle.
Truth. I've seen copperheads in Shawnee State forest. Haven't found timber rattlesnakes yet. Ohio State University is doing a study on Timber Rattlesnakes.
You are incorrect with the Copperhead range. I live in Central Kentucky and they are here. (One killed my dog a few years ago. I saw the snake bite him, and I killed it. He was bitten twice, in the head and neck. Sadly the vet couldn't save him.) Plus there is no such snake as the "Copperhead Rattlesnake." We also have Timber Rattlesnakes, mainly in the eastern part of the state and in West Virginia. As far as the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake is concerned, in Kentucky a few have been found in remote regions.
Sidewinder have difficulty navigating hills and mountains. I lived in the high desert of SoCal for 20 plus years. Sidewinders could be found I, the lower desert, but not the high desert. We had rattlesnakes...my mother-in-law shot and killed a six-footer that invaded the dog kennel. She beheaded it, buried the head, and covered the burial site with large heavy stones. She picked the corpse up by the tail and the headless stump tried to strike at her several times. She dropped the snake's body. We ate the snake meat. It tastes rather peppery and is somewhat oily. Not unpleasant. A bit like a spicy kielbasa.
You're correct that there are no water moccasins native to PA but there are plenty of copperheads, another type of snake. I had to do a study and a thesis in school on venomous snakes in PA. It surprised me to find out that some areas of PA have the highest concentration of venomous snakes in the world. Near denning sights in the fall it can be as high as 15 venomous snakes per acre. Copperheads and Rattlesnakes will often den with each other along with some non venomous snakes also.
The Tennessee river separates the ranges for the rattlers My side the west side so memphis and Jackson is bad for timber rattlesnakes and the other side is bad for diamondbacks
Hey Chris thanks for another venom video sir! One minor item. I think instead of the range of the 'southern pacific rattlesnake' you meant to say 'northern pacific rattlesnakes' or 'western rattlesnakes' or just 'pacific rattlesnakes' right? We do not get southern pacific rattlesnakes in WA where I'm at, only the northern pacific. Oregon doesn't even get southern pacifics (just northern pacifics and great basin rattlesnakes). www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.o.helleri.html Your videos are excellent. I'm digging your medical perspectives and have been doing more reading on things like Anavip. I just learned this week that my Extractor suction bite kit is probably not effective, could increase tissue damage, and are no longer recommended. Sean P Bush MD wrote an excellent "Snakebite Suction Devices Don’t Remove Venom: They Just Suck" paper back in 2004 I hadn't seen that discussed 3 studies and some of Sean's experiences treating bite victims that used Extractors.
Sirreal69 that could be your mistake. A lot of people just automatically assume that a water snake Is a water moccasin. That's smart because it tends to make the majority of people stay away from them and it saves people from expensive medical bills (treating a snake bite - especially from snakes that cause tissue damage and require skin drafts - can be very expensive. Hundreds of thousands even), overall health problems, and even death. It also saves the snake from harm. Snakes are an important part of nature. They control the vermin. Rats are more numerous than snakes though. They estimate that there are more rats in New York City than there are people on the entire planet.
One you missed was the Massasauga Rattlesnake ranges.
I find it interesting that prairie rattlesnakes know the state boundaries & don't cross the border. Maybe it's to avoid sales taxes. Smart critters.
Brilliant 😂
Based on ALL my exp , collective feedback , the comment section and the video: the coverage of MOST types are RAPIDLY EXPANDING
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You've got ranges off on the cotton mouth, and copper head. I live in Loudoun County, VA and have seen both growing up.
Where did you get this info from? There is Copperheads Water Moccasins and Rattlesnakes in Indiana as well!
the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois has an area known as Snake Road (in the Larue Pines section) Water Moccasins, copperheads, timber rattlesnakes are commonly found there.
Check out the snake road videos in Illinois: copperheads are part of that, as well as cottonmouth moccasins
Yeah copperhead range is way off. Here in SW VA we have them everywhere.
While nothing the narrator said in this video is dangerous, there are so many untrue statements and erroneous facts, it makes me worry wondering where he (narrator) got his information. Just to state three quick examples of errors of fact in this video:
1) At 2:50 he repeatedly calls the Copperhead a "rattlesnake." It is a pit viper but the Copperhead is NOT a species of rattlesnake.
2) At 10:15 he says California, Arizona and Texas have "multiple species of elapids and Coral Snakes." There are sub-species of Coral Snakes, but the Coral is the only elapid species wild in the United States.
3) And I'm probably splitting hairs here, but the maps are incorrect as well. For example, I have personally relocated 2 or 3 Copperheads from my father's property in northern Missouri.
I'm not trying to be an ass or a troll here, but why waste your time (and ours) making a 13 minute video that is rife with false facts and errors? Especially when, in America, we have the news media to do that for us....
Thank you
Austin, TX has a lot of varieties of venomous snakes although politically it’s not in Texas.
We had plenty of water moccasins (cottonmouth) in our lake when I worked at camp outside Tulsa (NE Oklahoma). THink you need to move that line up further in OK & Ark.
I live in Missouri and I've seen multiple Cotton Mouths on the same trail. And yes they were Cotton mouths, not Black Snakes or Water Snakes.
From Missouri too. I see copperheads every single day on my way home now that it's the start of summer.
You can find a copperhead or timber rattler anywhere you have deciduous, mixed-wood forest.
You can find a stray cottonmouth way north and west of the principal range because individuals migrate.
Generally, he's right regarding principal ranges except for that KY, IN, OH timber belt. Principal range maps are always approximate.
Principal range maps RARELY follow the straight lines of political maps. They tend to be rounder, and much more approximate.
With the copperhead, what you are showing there is actually the range of the southern copperhead. There is also a northern copperhead that lives in states like Ohio. I have seen a venomous snake list for Ohio and here it is:
Eastern Massasuga Rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnake
Northern Copperhead
Should show picture of the snake too so we know whos is where in what part of the us.
I grew up in eastern Kentucky and we definitely have large population of both timber rattlesnake and copperheads but maybe I’m confused. Maybe it is those copperhead rattlesnakes I imagined. If you are going to do a video to impress someone or to educate them please get your facts straight.
He lost me at 2:15 when he said "copperhead rattlesnake"??? Both are pit vipers but they are two totally diffetent snakes... 👎
This list is wrong, I live in northern Arkansas and we have water moccasins
Arkansas...
My own Brother is one......
Ive found cotton mouths and copperheads in Indiana before.
Timber rattlesnakes can be found in eastern Nebraska, and cottonmouths can be found in the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois.
New Mexico has copperheads and west Texas has the trans pecos copperhead and I grew up in Nashville ten and live in Wisconsin and there are cottonmouths found in Indiana and Illinois also Wisconsin has timbers throughout and Tennessee has dimondbacks I don’t think u realize that herping people care ALOT about range. I also don’t think u are a beeper
Huge amounts of copperhead in missouri. That chart is a bit inaccurate
I’ve lived in az my whole life and only seen one rattle snake it had white and black stripes by it’s rattle and was maybe 1 1/2 feet long
Western DB
In fact Ohio has at least four venomous snakes that I know of the massasauga rattlesnake timber rattlesnake the pygmy rattlesnake in Northern or Eastern copperhead
The ancient scholar needs to update his comments.
I can find a copperhead in Kentucky and the cotton mouth really easy in kentucky
Both are found in northeast PA.
Thank You 🙏🏻 Great Video.
Tennessee Has copperheads also.
Yes they do. I lived in West TN and Middle (Nashville)
I saw them in both places mainly west. I assume East does aa well.
When starting yer vid by saying copperhead rattle snake, I can't take anything else seriously.
Cottonmouth water moccasins have been seen in the Appalachian hills of the anthracite region of northeast PA. My father and I fished in summer, and it was not unknown to see them near the rivers, streams, and brooks. We saw at least one, sometimes more, every summer.
Copper head and Cotton mouth along with thw Timber and Massasauga rattlee are found in Indiana. Seen Cotton mouth but not the other 3. I have had many say they found copper heads. I live on the southern west boarder of KY and IL
For the southern pacific rattle snake. The geographic area you are referring to is called the Great Basin :)
The Moccasins areas are off!!!
I live in ny state and I have woods like a hundred feet away from my house and Copperheads live in those woods I saw one in my friends front yard I was about 20 feet away from it I flew away as fast as I could go.
The copperhead is off and water moccasin the copperhead is found everywhere in VA and moccasin is found in central and southern Virginia
Good day everybody. Please do not take these diagrammes as absolutes. These show the significant areas of population, but we should always remember that a significant amount of cross over exists. A link for a more comprehensive overview of snakes and their relative ranges: www.venombyte.com/venom/snakes/western_diamondback_rattlesnake.asp
Are you trying to save yourself? Crossover, where it exists, should have been noted with cross-hatching line at the very least. You should have done better research than just Google. Contact any state's public university's zoology department. They'll send you more accurate information for free. Read the comments, bucko. We who have lived in those states we mentioned are better informed than YOU.
Ok you might wanna do a little more research, especially on a copperhead, there is no such animal as a "copperhead rattlesnake" and the copperhead range extends a lot farther north and west.
in your charts you may need to go back and cover your species of snakes a little closer that you have shaded on the charts. you did not have ia-in-oh-w.va.-shaded for the timber rattlesnake. you did not have shaded the copperhead for the states of ia-in-oh-w.va.-ky-wi-pa-tn- il and va. and the states for the cotttonmouth shaded for the states of in-and va. also did you have the range for the massasauga rattlesnake? thanks.
I suggest to update location areas. Believe you can just read the comments given, locations :). Live mid eastern Pennsylvania not many rattlers but big copperheads, water snakes. Had cabin by Sinnemahoning creek, Pa. North central. Back in the 80’s. Locals had snake hunt festival. Those boys brought back about every snake on the list. But I. Suggest, don’t play with snakes. Some of the boys, the snake caught them. And they looked like the Pillsbury dough boy :).
Pennsylvania has tons of copperhead and seen them in Kentucky around Ft Knox
Terry Pennsylvania has no copperheads. Snakes are less common the further away from the equator you get. But snakes have been found as far north as the Arctic circle.
all of arkansas has cottonmouths silly
My guess is that Maine is the most venomous snake free.
I've seen Cotton Mouths in W. Virginia & heard of them in & around Pittsburgh, PA. These maps are way off.
From slightly north of Pittsburgh, can confirm we have copperheads
It not copper head rattlesnake..just copper head...this information is misleading
Are there any snake free areas in USA ???
No. Not even cities.
He said arkanzas
The Eastern Copperhead and timber rattlesnake are both in Ohio I don't know why this guy gets his information from
Truth. I've seen copperheads in Shawnee State forest. Haven't found timber rattlesnakes yet. Ohio State University is doing a study on Timber Rattlesnakes.
Copperheads are not rattle snakes.
You are incorrect with the Copperhead range. I live in Central Kentucky and they are here. (One killed my dog a few years ago. I saw the snake bite him, and I killed it. He was bitten twice, in the head and neck. Sadly the vet couldn't save him.) Plus there is no such snake as the "Copperhead Rattlesnake." We also have Timber Rattlesnakes, mainly in the eastern part of the state and in West Virginia. As far as the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake is concerned, in Kentucky a few have been found in remote regions.
Cottonmouth range is off, we see them here all the time..
Where's here?
@@toddgreenwood1458 Not giving my location, but a good distance of the range that it shows
@@RavenIsAnArtist Really no harm in specifying what state you're in, it kinda makes your original post pointless this way
Cottonmouths all over northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.
There aren't sidewinders in New Mexico as much as I'd love to be wrong
Sidewinder have difficulty navigating hills and mountains. I lived in the high desert of SoCal for 20 plus years. Sidewinders could be found I, the lower desert, but not the high desert. We had rattlesnakes...my mother-in-law shot and killed a six-footer that invaded the dog kennel. She beheaded it, buried the head, and covered the burial site with large heavy stones. She picked the corpse up by the tail and the headless stump tried to strike at her several times. She dropped the snake's body. We ate the snake meat. It tastes rather peppery and is somewhat oily. Not unpleasant. A bit like a spicy kielbasa.
Copperheads are very common to see in NE AR and SE MO. Also, not rattlesnakes.
I live in Pa and can tell you it's loaded with copperheads in certain areas.
Im pretty sure thats not true. They are called water moccasins up here and we don't have them
You're correct that there are no water moccasins native to PA but there are plenty of copperheads, another type of snake. I had to do a study and a thesis in school on venomous snakes in PA. It surprised me to find out that some areas of PA have the highest concentration of venomous snakes in the world. Near denning sights in the fall it can be as high as 15 venomous snakes per acre. Copperheads and Rattlesnakes will often den with each other along with some non venomous snakes also.
Indiana has timber rattlesnakes
Btw, it’s Arkansas, not Ar-Kansas (so annoying)
There’s eastern diamondbacks in Tennessee
Hes not wrong lmao we have them in north carolina as well
The Tennessee river separates the ranges for the rattlers
My side the west side so memphis and Jackson is bad for timber rattlesnakes and the other side is bad for diamondbacks
Rocket Friends really? I live in nc and haven’t seen any diamondback rattlesnakes
Stew Roids So North Carolina is a bit tricky. Depending on where you live you can see timbers, easterns, and pigmys. All 3 are known to be in NC.
Just shows that anyone can call themselves a scholar and do a UA-cam video. This guy knows NOTHING about venomous snakes and where their located.
Michigan has rattlesnakes
I live in texas snakes everywhere I seen 14 water mocasians already
Hawaii has 0 snakes in it
and thanks for not showing pics.
Hey Chris thanks for another venom video sir!
One minor item. I think instead of the range of the 'southern pacific rattlesnake' you meant to say 'northern pacific rattlesnakes' or 'western rattlesnakes' or just 'pacific rattlesnakes' right? We do not get southern pacific rattlesnakes in WA where I'm at, only the northern pacific. Oregon doesn't even get southern pacifics (just northern pacifics and great basin rattlesnakes).
www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.o.helleri.html
Your videos are excellent. I'm digging your medical perspectives and have been doing more reading on things like Anavip.
I just learned this week that my Extractor suction bite kit is probably not effective, could increase tissue damage, and are no longer recommended. Sean P Bush MD wrote an excellent "Snakebite Suction Devices Don’t Remove Venom: They Just Suck" paper back in 2004 I hadn't seen that discussed 3 studies and some of Sean's experiences treating bite victims that used Extractors.
You are probably right on the Southern Pacific. I will likely need to do a revision video. Thanks!
@@TheAncientScholar Well you haven’t done a (revision) yet
This planet isn't right this place is not what we are trying to make it seem smh
I encounter a water moccasin in upstate New York. So your locations are not that accurate but it some good info on snakes
Sirreal69 that could be your mistake. A lot of people just automatically assume that a water snake Is a water moccasin. That's smart because it tends to make the majority of people stay away from them and it saves people from expensive medical bills (treating a snake bite - especially from snakes that cause tissue damage and require skin drafts - can be very expensive. Hundreds of thousands even), overall health problems, and even death. It also saves the snake from harm. Snakes are an important part of nature. They control the vermin. Rats are more numerous than snakes though. They estimate that there are more rats in New York City than there are people on the entire planet.
Dude you are full of it the copperhead and the timber rattlesnake are both found in Ohio and you do not have them on the map
Copperheads all over pa
Your one strange fella. WHo the crap does this? and your maps are off mr, wise guy