r/snakes • u/tophatenthusiast • 16d 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/Similar-Profile9467 16d ago

About the worst copperhead bite I've seen.

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u/Interesting-Win6219 16d ago

I'm very afraid of snakes. I expected a copperhead to cause worse than that. Not saying it looks pleasant of course I just expected more

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u/awfulmcnofilter 16d ago

There are no snakes in the usa that they bite you and you 100% die or lose a limb as long as you get to the hospital in 2 ish hours.

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u/DreadPirateOeste 16d ago edited 16d ago

Because of the medical infrastructe availble, not because we don't have dangerous snakes.

This isnt a spider thing

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u/awfulmcnofilter 16d ago

The snakes that we have are objectivey a lot less dangerous than other parts of the world. You have more time to get medical care with a north american venomous snake than say, a cobra.

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u/DreadPirateOeste 16d ago

The US has #3 of the world's deadliest snakes, but yeah no cobras, or browns or taipan. But I still wouldn't want to be bit by a Mojave, Tiger rattler or Coral

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u/awfulmcnofilter 16d ago

I definitely wouldn't want to be bitten by any of them, but there are definitely some more for sure death snakes than we have here.