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3Hotdogs

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3. I live in N.J. I hike several times per week. I encountered a Copperhead, once. Bites are so rare.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jun 10, 2023, 12:34 AM

Jun 2023

(Cue) How rare, 3H?

Well, they are so rare that there were two bites last October. Both made the state's largest paper. The bites were followed by signs on both trails, Bald Pate Mountain and Ringing Rock State Park, Pennsylvania.

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Is that a copperhead? Here's how to tell if that snake you found in Virginia is venomous [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 OP

But the other snakes were so GreenWave Jun 2023 #1

I grew up in the Tidewater... which is SE Virginia and NE North Carolina. OldBaldy1701E Jun 2023 #2

Cottonmouths (AKA Water Moccasins) are aggressive snakes Best_man23 Jun 2023 #4

I live in N.J. I hike several times per week. I encountered a Copperhead, once. Bites are so rare. 3Hotdogs Jun 2023 #3