Wife got bitten by a Copperhead on Saturday, right by the house in a raised bed where we grow our peppers...just getting out of the hospital today (I hope)..her right leg swollen, black and blue, can't walk on it yet...didn't find the 'lil SOB eiether...Y'all be careful out there!
I hope she gets better quick and that there are no lasting effects!
As for aggression that some people have talked about, Copperheads are pit vipers, and like a lot of pit vipers, they are ambush prediators. The main issue with bites in US, is instead of slithering away like a lot of non-aggressive snakes do, the Copperhead will freeze, which causes a lot of people not to notice them, since they do blend in well, get to close you get bit.
I discovered they love to freeze first hand when I first moved to the USA almost nine years ago. I was out back at my inlaws place, walking my mother inlaws dog, the dog started barking, getting very seriously worked up, I walked another foot, look down... okay, I admit it I screamed like a girl!
I am scared to death of snakes, even gardner snakes and finding a copperhead at my feet, uhhhh, I jumped back what felt like a 100 feet, the damn dog kept going at it.
So yeah, becareful out there guys! Those things blend in so well, it is often very tough to tell if they are there until it is to late!
Tes
P.S: Snakes are EVIL! And best taken care of at distance with a thirty-aught-six ;-)