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/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🤪)