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

Jude’s temper flared just a bit as he looked at this friend of his wife’s, this slight woman, not exactly plain, but not fine either, with a copperhead over her eye.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

According to Penn State, warm, humid nights after a period of rain are the best time to see copperheads.

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

Here are ways to make your property less appealing to copperheads, according to Kimberly Wyatt, assistant professor of biology at Good Samaritan College in Ohio:

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

Turned out, no, copperheads can’t beat honey badgers.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds