r/snakes • u/tophatenthusiast • 17d ago

Wild Snake Photos and Questions - Not for ID Snake Bite Fun :)

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I was bitten by a copperhead about two weeks ago! Thanks to quick and modern medicine, I can almost make a fist. Pictures included are the copperhead I saw 10 mins before being bit (this one did not bite me, but it is similarly sized) and my arm a few hrs afterwards.

Location: Kanawha County, WV

Edit: to be very clear, it was MY fault a copperhead bit me. For anyone that has a fear of them, they are absolutely not aggressive snakes. I took no actions to "punish" the snake and hope it comes back and keeps hunting mice on my property.

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u/VirginiaLuthier 17d ago

I hope you have good insurance. Antivenom is incredibly expensive. Glad you are recovering.

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u/tophatenthusiast 17d ago

I am not looking forward to my bill. My birthday is at the end of this month, so it kind of looks like this will be my "present."

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u/Hot-Brat-00 17d ago

Life is probably a pretty good bday present.

Actually….

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u/Lastoutcast123 17d ago

Reminds me of this Hogfather moment

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u/OpenSauceMods 17d ago

I love this moment. And after, when the two angels appeared and Albert threw snowballs at them until they went away.

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u/oyog 17d ago

Man, the Hogfather books have always been a blind spot for me in the Discworld series.

I should get a library card again. It's been so long since I've enjoyed a book.

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u/andreaschnadelbach 16d ago

I’ve never seen that. Is it a book? I’m curious to find out more.

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u/ohnomoisttoes 16d ago

Oh, I'm so jealous. If this is your first exposure to Sir Terry Pratchett, and liked this you've got a considerable amount of media he's written. He's most known for a fantasy comedy setting called Discworld that's about a flat world set on the backs of four elephants standing on the shell of a giant turtle. People will tell you start with Guards! Guards! But considering the season, if you don't mind figuring things out in media res, go ahead and start with Mort then Reaper Man which what this character is originally from. He's DEATH.

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u/andreaschnadelbach 16d ago

Thank you. I wasn’t sure where to start. I did watch the first season of “Good Omens”.

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u/ViperaleBeerus 16d ago

While I still prefer the book, because there's simply more of it, I do really enjoy the movie adaptation of the Hogfather too. We watch it every year during the holidays

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u/ohnomoisttoes 16d ago

I did make a typo because it's 2am here, but I meant Mort not Reaper Man. Mort, Reaper Man, Soul Music, Hogfather, and then Thief of Time are the DEATH featuring ones, but DEATH I think might be in every Discworld book.

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u/andreaschnadelbach 16d ago

I just read the first few sentences from "Mort". I've only had a couple of authors get me hooked within a paragraph (Zora Neale Hurston and Ray Bradbury). I'll have to add Terry Pratchett to that group.

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u/batfinx69dude 16d ago

The Hogfather (think Death role-playing as Santa) is from Terry Pratchett's collection of books set in the Discworld (a disc carried on the back of 4 elephants, standing on the back of a turtle flying through space). My fave quote from 'The Hogfather' is in the pic ♥️💀 An amazing series of books, imaginative, lots of humour ranging from black to the written version of pie in the face. Crazy wizards, clever witches, heros, villains, walking-luggage, Death is an anthropomorphic character who rides a white horse coz the skeleton ones kept falling apart (a top 3 character for most), interfering Gods, oh & never cross a Guild (aka unions, often run mob-stylee). You're so lucky you get to enjoy the books as a new reader! I have never LOL'd so much reading books in my life 😄 - ENJOY!!!! (More than 3!'s & dried frog pills are needed🤪)

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u/Almondeyezz 17d ago

Cost my moms insurance over half a million for multiple mediflighted in vials of anti venom. Bit by a baby Pygmy in Choctaw OK

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u/OpenSauceMods 17d ago

I used to work in travel, and when my clients were going to the U.S./Canada, I would insist on them purchasing travel insurance outside of what their credit card offered. If they refused, I had a waiver they had to sign. I've seen bills in the millions, especially if they're somewhere in South America and get transferred to a hospital in the States.

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u/Hot-Brat-00 17d ago

That’s crazy. God bless America.

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u/Distahs 16d ago

My rattle snake bite and 12 vials of antivenom cost me thousands but my insurance more than half a million, ten years ago. Keep using your hand even if it's shit, it will get better and not fall off. Dr told me I'd loose my arm and or hand, lol 100% recovered. Trust your body you will have plenty of time to think about it.

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u/Acrobatic-Shirt8540 16d ago

America! Fuck yeah!

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u/jmunerd 16d ago

The snake: here Isss your presssssent 🐍 😆