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Name:	360degrees -	Reply
Subject:	Copper head strange thing
Date:	4/3/2007 2:10:58 PM

Strange thing happened this past Saturday.

My son and 4 of his friends were fishing from the lake bed. My son was near a log and his friend noticed a snake curled up under the log. Well boys being boys, they got a stick and poked at it with no response. They then retrieved what appeared to be a dead three foot long copper head. After they inspected and handled the snake, they placed it on top of the log and continued fishing for about another hour. Walking back to the house one of the boys grabbed the snake and brought it up to the house to try and scare either me or my wife. I saw him coming up the hill so the scare tactic did not work. So we all talk about the snake and try to figure out what killed it. The boys swear that they did not do any thing to harm it. It seems strange because the snake is so limp and soft like it had just been killed. There is no evidence of trauma to the snake.

I go back in the house and am back to doing my work when I suddenly hear my wife screaming like a crazy person. I go outside on the back porch and the snake has jumped to life, coiled up and bit itself about 6 inches down it's neck. Scared the crud out of me and royally freaked all of us out. I did take the shovel to it after it came back to life. I normally would not do that.

Anyone ever heard of such. Obviously there was someone looking after us all as any one of us could have been bit by the thing.

Name:	Kingfish -	Reply
Subject:	Copper head strange thing
Date:	4/3/2007 2:54:31 PM

That truly is disturbing. First I might say that the snake was probably still recovering from hibernation or was just as afraid of the kids as they were of it. The next thing is I would explain to the kids to NEVER PICK UP A SNAKE OF ANY KIND unless they are in a controlled enviroronment with someone trained for that situation. Even though it apprears to be dead, a venomous snake is still dangerous and the poison can be injected if someone gets near the head. Keep in mind that any snake will bite in a given situation.
I just don't want your kids to get hurt.

Name:	Osms -	Reply
Subject:	Sorry snakelovers, but
Date:	4/3/2007 6:40:07 PM

the only good snake is a DEAD snake--preferbably in at least two pieces.

Name:	lakelady -	Reply
Subject:	Copper head strange thing
Date:	4/3/2007 11:38:15 PM

You are right about staying away from the head even if the snake is dead. I killed a very large rattler a few years ago. Being proud of the fact I decided I would have it mounted until I found out how much it cost. Even though it was dead and had been in the freezer the venom and the risk of being injected is still there.

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