Sunday, December 21, 2008

Copperhead Snakes


You are looking at one mean motorscooter. The copperhead is a pit viper with very deadly venum. One bite...and it's goodnight! Their coloring is the perfect camoflage for a rocky or forest habitat. Copperheads eat all kinds of things like eggs, mice, rats, birds, lizards, salomanders, frogs, etc. Some rural towns have an annual copperhead round-up. At an appointed time of the day participants go out into the countryside and look for copperheads. When they find one, they catch it alive and put it into a grass sack. At the close of the day, everyone gathers at a predetermined site and build a large bond fire. After the fire gets going and is burning real hot.............everyone pitches their grass sack full of copperheads into the fire. Sounds like a very good way of reducing the copperhead population

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