I just killed a copperhead ON MY FREAKING COMPUTER DESK

[conjur]

Shoulda sicked one of these on it:

http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/huntsman.htm

 

[flashbacck]

Originally posted by: Chompman

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
If it was a copperhead there is another one. There are always two.

A master, and an apprentice. But which one was destroyed? Stay tuned for Revenge of the serpent!!!

:laugh:

lol

why do you find copperheads in pairs, anyway?

 

[Phoenix15]

Is there anything that I can put out that will run them off? My father in law mention using sulfur around the house. I know I will be acalling a extermanitor tommorrow morning. Do they do this sort of thing?

 

[MagicConch]

Originally posted by: flashbacck

Originally posted by: Chompman

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
If it was a copperhead there is another one. There are always two.

A master, and an apprentice. But which one was destroyed? Stay tuned for Revenge of the serpent!!!

:laugh:

lol

why do you find copperheads in pairs, anyway?

Poor guys are forced into committed long-term relationships?

 

[Chompman]

The snakes true enemy.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Ziggy
This looks like a job for... Rikki Tiki Tavi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:thumbsup:

I laughed.

 

[Summitdrinker]

living with snakes in your house, lol

 

[Phoenix15]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Ziggy
This looks like a job for... Rikki Tiki Tavi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:thumbsup:

I laughed.

Maybe I can talk to his agent. (Riki Tikki Tavi's, not Ziggy's. Unless Ziggy wants to earn a few extra bucks.

 

[AaronB]

OMGWTFBBQSNAKEONTHEDESK!!!!!ONE!

He's going after a mouse!

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Phoenix15
Is there anything that I can put out that will run them off? My father in law mention using sulfur around the house. I know I will be acalling a extermanitor tommorrow morning. Do they do this sort of thing?

You can get some stuff at Lowe's or Home Depot called....you guessed it, Snake Away. It has sulfer and something else, mothballs, I think. Works fine.

 

[Amplifier]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I would have screamed like a bitch and ran out of the room.

Where are all the hard core posters who called me a wimp for not fighting 15 gang members at once?

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[cjgallen]

Originally posted by: Ziggy
This looks like a job for... Rikki Tiki Tavi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
fine.

go out somewhere, drop it off... you still dont have to kill it.

Do you realize how fvcking dangerous and poisonous a Copperhead snake is?

If it was a non-venomous snake, I'd totally agree with you. But not in this case.

 

[Caminetto]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
fine.

go out somewhere, drop it off... you still dont have to kill it.

Do you realize how fvcking dangerous and poisonous a Copperhead snake is?

If it was a non-venomous snake, I'd totally agree with you. But not in this case.

No kidding. A copperhead is seriously dangerous and has a nasty attitude if not left alone.
At our cabin in the hills of Ohio we encourage the black snake population simply because they will kill copperheads.

 

[Rudee]

I'm so glad I live in a snake/rat/roach free City.

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
fine.

go out somewhere, drop it off... you still dont have to kill it.

Do you realize how fvcking dangerous and poisonous a Copperhead snake is?

If it was a non-venomous snake, I'd totally agree with you. But not in this case.

How dangerous?
It is the least dangerous of the US venemous snakes and the odds of dying if bit are very slim.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Seriously, you need to be looking for the other one. Copperheads almost always travel in pairs.

Edit: some people say this is BS but every time I have found one another is nearby.

I've had 4 encounters with copperheads, never saw more than one in a given place

One was in my uncles river house, about a mile from the Black River in MO, buried in woods, really a great place. Walked into a room saw the thing on the floor and said "hey, thats a pretty good looking rubber snake." Then it started moving as I walked over to it. heh.

Shovled the thing outside then took its head off. Not gonna leave it in the yard with the little cousins running around.

another time a friend of my parents stepped on one and got bitten . . . house was very remote so it could have been trouble but a sheriff came and took her to the local hospital, which of course was stocked to deal with snakebites from all the local variants.

saw a couple more in the woods around there, just left them alone as they weren't close enough to be a real threat.

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus

Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Seriously, you need to be looking for the other one. Copperheads almost always travel in pairs.

Edit: some people say this is BS but every time I have found one another is nearby.

I've had 4 encounters with copperheads, never saw more than one in a given place

One was in my uncles river house, about a mile from the Black River in MO, buried in woods, really a great place. Walked into a room saw the thing on the floor and said "hey, thats a pretty good looking rubber snake." Then it started moving as I walked over to it. heh.

Shovled the thing outside then took its head off. Not gonna leave it in the yard with the little cousins running around.

another time a friend of my parents stepped on one and got bitten . . . house was very remote so it could have been trouble but a sheriff came and took her to the local hospital, which of course was stocked to deal with snakebites from all the local variants.

saw a couple more in the woods around there, just left them alone as they weren't close enough to be a real threat.

I've had dozens and never not found another one in the immediate area.

Edit: of course I'm not saying it is impossible to find a single copperhead. I also said that many people including some "experts" say it is an old wives' tale. However I was taght that there were usually two and if you find one it is worth your time to look for the other one. I have always found a second though I'm from coastal SC and the odds of finding a few in any given area are pretty good.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: upsciLLion

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I would have screamed like a bitch and ran out of the room.

He did when I showed him my 14 inch snake, and mine's not even poisonous!

Isn't it a spitting cobra?

 

[CptObvious]

I got the heebie jeebies reading this thread.

*checks under desk*

 

[Whitecloak]

*SNAKE*

 

[Steve]

*SPIDER?*

 

[n7]

Craziness.

Make sure that thing is dead too, will you?

Burn it in the pail maybe?

 

[aplefka]

I almost turned on the light after reading this thread. Sh1t man, hopefully there was only one and your family isn't too spooked.

 

[Frodolives]

I don't go out of my way to harm any creatures, but I don't want poisonous snakes around here to harm my family or pets.

And as some have pointed out, yes, the venom is dangerous even after the copperhead is dead. My uncle nearly lost a leg because of a wound he received from a copperhead that got hacked by his bush-hog.