I can’t even imagine getting tag-teamed by a couple of hot snakes, even copperheads. I’ve been hit by a spreading adder and by a grass snake, but I don’t think either one of them really had their heart in it.
Somebody identify this East Texas snake for me. I’ve only seen one, and my nephew reports seeing another–it is bright electric blue (why the heck would a snake be blue, anyway?)
They’re fast as hell, too, moving like an arrow instead of with that sidewinder motion. Whatever it was, my cat couldn’t catch it.
Back to the original post. Copperheads have never been documented north of Blue Hills in MA. They are unprecedented in Waltham.
However, I am pretty sure I saw one yesterday in Waltham, MA. Vibrated its tail at me (no rattle on it) and had a triangular head. Markings did not look like a milk snake either. I didn’t get close enough to see if its eyes were circular or cat like (copperheads have catlike) but I didnt want to get too close. This was in Waltham, MA, right near Route 128, in a wooded sloping area near the Cambridge Reservoir. Did not have my camera, but I will next time I take that path.
That’s really interesting. My dad was stationed there in the late 50’s and that was the thing he talked about most. He said the snakes were freaking everywhere. I always thought he was exaggerating, I guess not.
I’m sorry to hear it. Was he envenomated? Like I said upthread, copperheads sometimes have a reflexive warning strike, with little to no venom injected.
