Record #:

13863

Author(s):

Barnes, Jay

Abstract:

North Carolina is close to the top of the charts each year in the number of persons bitten by snakes. Copperhead bites are the most common, and fortunately for the person bitten, the least dangerous. Between 1977 and 2005, only two people died from a snake bite in the state.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 75 Issue 4, Apr 2011, p4-9, il

Subject(s):

Copperhead; Snakebites; Snakes--North Carolina