Northern Copperhead

Snake handling is pretty risky business, especially if its a venomous snake. I've never heard docile and copperhead in the same sentence really unless there was a "not" in the middle. I'm sure in Tennessee the emergency rooms have plenty of anti venom for this species. They do in Florida too. It's a common enough snake in the south.

That is one big copperhead, it appears to be pregnant, they have live babies in Indiana in August. I see why it appears so large the snake is close to the camera. Nice photo, one of my favorite snakes.

Good info!

I was told to watch out for snakes while hiking as a child and that a cucumber scent was possibly a nest of copperhead snakes, especially near rocks.

I heard they have an scent like cucumbers? Is that true?

Good photo!