COPPERHEAD SNAKE

• Avg. length is 30 inches
• Avg. weight is 2-3 pounds
• Dark brown,light brown and black
• They have dark brown/black designs (depends on male or female)
• Eat small mammals , frogs , toads , salamander , beetles , and small snakes

THEY HAVE FANGS

• They have fangs with venom
• Their venom kills red blood cells
• They try to attract prey then wait for them to get close to attack

IT IS VERY POISONESS AND CAN KILL YOU

HOW THEY LOOK

• They have scales on the top of their heads
• They have elliptical eyes
• Pits are diamond shaped
• The tongue is fork shaped

OTHER FACTS

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• They do not lay eggs !
• They lay live young !!

CAN YOU SPOT THE SNAKE

WHEN TOUCHED

• When it is touched it quickly strikes
• When touched sometimes remains quiet and slithers away

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BITE

• Swelling
• Poisonous
• Fatal

SWELLING

CAUSES SKIN TO REACT

BY BALEIGH AND JALEN