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  • From: James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: OT: "NCWRC News Releases:" Snakes On A Plane
  • Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:45:00 -0700 (PDT)

The copperheads that make it into my building are
pretty scrappy. I'm the official snake handler for my
building.

--- John Iwaniszek <not AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> Margaret Campbell wrote:
>
> > Mildly misleading, though. Copperheads do tend to
> be mean and
> > grouchy. The others will escape if given the
> change; copperheads, if
> > they think you are in the space they want to be
> in, will threaten.
> > And yes, even strike.
> >
> > Only one reported death, but a lot more people who
> suffered pain from
> > their bites.
> >
>
> The two that I captured were very laconic. Both
> stayed exactly where
> they were found despite several people standing
> around gawking and much
> to-ing and fro-ing. One other I found in Umstead out
> in the woods was
> just sitting in the leaves. I found it because as I
> was about to step on
> it, it (lazily) raised its head. If it had not made
> that small movement
> I would not have seen it and would have probably
> stepped on it. This one
> also stayed put for a leisurely photo-op.
>
> The second one I caught ran at me, but only after my
> repeated attempts to
> scoop him or her up failed. Once I got it draped
> over the rake and in
> the bag, it calmed down. By the time I got it to
> the park and out in the
> woods, it was back to its calm lazy self.
>
> Based on these three limited experiences, I think
> that human/copperhead
> conflict is most likely to be either accidental (the
> things don't run
> when people are around and people stumble over them)
> or the result of
> human stupidity (people are lulled by the snake's
> reticience and think it
> is an easy mark. Once they make a grab for it, the
> snake freaks.
> Whackiness ensues.).
>
> I had a fourth encounter with a copper head in
> Raleigh over by Crabtree
> Creek off of Wake Forest Road on W. Hodges Street.
> I was bicycling
> through there one Sunday several years ago and found
> a dead one by the
> side of the road. It was easily 4 feet long and 7-8
> inches around. The
> three live ones I found were probably a year old or
> less. I have no way
> to estimate the age of the giant one.
>
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