copperhead

Today you could send me out onto the course with a bag containing a pogo stick, a copperhead and a mackerel, and I wouldn’t notice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note that outdoor workers who step on or near a copperhead are most likely to be bitten.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 25, 2023

It wasn't long before she had her own run-ins with the slithering creatures—including a bite she received from a copperhead while doing yardwork.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022

An average copperhead victim gets between six and ten vials of antivenom, but treatments vary depending on the bite, Greene said.

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2022

I picked up the other shovel, and a copperhead snake crawled out from underneath it.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Found throughout the eastern and southern U.S., copperheads can easily survive in developed areas like suburban neighborhoods, which is one of the reason the species is responsible for the most venomous snake bites every year.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 25, 2023

Today Pyle's group has more than 176,000 members eagerly exchanging information about the region's venomous rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes, as well as its nonvenomous rat snakes and water snakes, among other harmless species.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022

Copperheads give birth to live young, and baby copperheads are born with bright yellow tips on their tails.

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2022

Officials did not say what type of snake was thought to have bitten the animal, but copperheads and rattlesnakes have been found on the Outer Banks, The Charlotte Observer reported.

From Washington Times ● May 26, 2020

Thankfully, there’d been no signs of copperheads yet, but that didn’t stop Genie from keeping an eye out for them.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds