Just wondering from the snake guru's...is that one big enough to be a problem for humans?

Thanks...Gman

Copperheads are born viable with venom glands and can certainly be a problem if bit. They are often worse because they don't control there venom like adults.

Copperheads are born viable with venom glands and can certainly be a problem if bit. They are often worse because they don't control there venom like adults.

It is irresponsible to free handle venomous snakes. It doesn't show others you are cool, know what you are doing and sends a poor message to younger people. While a copperhead isn't deadly, it is dangerous to free handle them. A kid could think, "That is cool and try to handle a genuinely dangerous animal, like a rattlesnake.

That would be a dead SOB if I found it, had way more near misses from them than rattlers....

i have heard this before and I have wondered about it's validity. I am not trying to pick a fight but aren't the babies born with the exact same skills as the adults? they are snakes. they come pre-programmed to survive with the same skills an adult has. anyway I kind of figure as a survival strategy not being able to control venom as a bay and "learning how" as they get older. it is not good for species survival as they might blow their whole vemon supply in their first meal and starve after that as it might take weeks to replenish. snakes are not taught and do not have cognitive capacity to learn. they just do what they do and have done for millennia.

anyway, just a hypothesis. if you are for sure, tell me I am wrong and I am OK with that too.

Nope not for me. bang bang bang... reload Bang Bang Bang. One bit my dog instead of me once and like to have lost him. I hate the silent litte bastages.