Posted: 11/20/2013 11:22:48 AM EDT
Found this raking leaves. I found several other snakes also. One of them was all black with a nice bright yellow collar around its neck. I normally just shoe them along. But this one looked a little like a Copperhead. At first i was not really suspicious. But then it started to act aggressive. I noticed its body was kind of fat and head had a little bit of the triangle shape to it. So since i thought it might be poisonius i figured i should pick it up and put it in a coffee can.
What do you think, Copperhead or harmless little thing? 
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| I actually have seen a few copperheads before. But they were always trying to "get me". So i didnt really study them too much. But when i Google copper head pictures it is pretty clear this is not one. The Copperheads i have delt with while in the woods have been crazy aggressive. That is the only reason i was not thrilled to see this one in my yard. But i agee, it does not looe like a copper head now that i look at some pics. The copperheads are much smoother looking and have the nice hourglass bands. |
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Quoted:  Georgia doesn't have any poisonous snakes Quoted: Quoted: if you have small kids id kill all poisonous snakes in my yard Georgia doesn't have any poisonous snakes Ha! One of the UGA students got a bunch of us that were at 4H camp one some years back with that one. |
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We need a tacked thread with pictures of the "Big 4" poisonous snakes in GA. I know there are 6, but three of them are rattlers, which are pretty distinct from the rest.
I usually suggest for people to hang pictures of these snakes up, near a garage door or something the will see every day. So they can look at them an familiarize themselves with them on sight. Especially copperheads, and if they live near water the Cottonmouth. |
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Cottonmouth, Rattler, and Copperhead will all have prominent venom glands on each side of the head giving it the classic arrowhead shape......coral snake has a straight head so it is the exception as far as venomous snakes go but if the red and yellow bands touch it is a positive ID for a Coral snake........but as a general rule if the head is sized the same as the body it is harmless when dealing with native snakes.
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Cottonmouth, Rattler, and Copperhead will all have prominent venom glands on each side of the head giving it the classic arrowhead shape......coral snake has a straight head so it is the exception as far as venomous snakes go but if the red and yellow bands touch it is a positive ID for a Coral snake........but as a general rule if the head is sized the same as the body it is harmless when dealing with native snakes. Red next to yellow will kill a fellow,red next to black is a friend of Jack. |