Snake bite

[micky]

This is comparatively on topic,

Medics attempting to reach snake bite victim in Loch Raven Watershed

GLEN ARM, MD?Medics are attempting to reach an individual who has been bitten by a snake in the Loch Raven Watershed.

An exact location has not been given, but on Monday morning, the Providence Volunteer Fire Company reported that special operations personnel were using an ATV to try to reach the victim.

Units from the Baltimore County Fire Department are also on the scene and attempting to provide treatment.

There has been no word on the victim?s condition.

Photo via Providence Volunteer Fire Company Comments / 6

2nd encounter in a state park this year! I read article that Copperheads were going to be out in force cause of the cicadas

second copperhead bite reported in maryland ( that I've seen ) And people say they aren't here ??

they like to be near water. yes copperheads are in Maryland and Pennsylvania and everywhere

Smell like cucumbers Jennifer Bolyard

UPDATE: An adult female was located and removed from the woods onboard PVFC ATV-29. An EMS crew treated and transported the adult female to a hospital in stable condition for treatment from a suspected copperhead bite.

When I was in Maine, they told me there are no poisonous snakes in Maine, and I've been sticking with that statement even though I'm in Maryland now.

[Tekkie©]

On Sat, 21 Aug 2021 13:30:43 -0400, micky posted for all of us to digest...

All part of the service. Notice the Fire Co. is volunteer.

Snake eyes!

[gfretwell]

I hate to be pedantic but there are no native poisonous snakes in the US. We do have some venomous ones tho. ;-) In the grand scale of venomous snakes copperheads are not that bad but you do have plenty in Maryland. People seldom die from a copperhead bite. It is no doubt your most popular venomous snake once you get down out of the western mountains where you might see a timber rattler. I used to see a copperhead occasionally but not often. You just have to look for the Hershey Kiss pattern on the body to know if it is a copperhead. We don't really have them here. The range is just a small area in the pan handle on the Georgia border. We have Water Moccasins, Diamond Back Rattlers, Pygmy Rattlers and Coral Snakes. I seldom see them either. My local snakes are mostly Red Rat snakes, Black Racers, Ring Necks, Blind Snakes and Glass Lizards

[Retirednoguilt]

Maybe their range has shrunk, but back in the 1970s, when I used to spend all summer in rural CT, there were plenty of copperheads in the woods, usually under or adjacent to rock piles. Agree that their venomous bite is usually far less toxic than that from a coral snake or a timber rattler but even so those bites deserve prompt (emergency) medical attention. No garter snakes in your local area?

[gfretwell]

Copper heads seem to be everywhere in the mid Atlantic states. Maybe I didn't make that clear. I am not sure I ever saw a garter snake here. Mostly it is rat snakes and black racers.

These are the babies This may be the prettiest one

[micky]

I saw a garter snake last month, first time in all these years. About a yard long. Grass needed mowing so it was happy. But when I disturbed the area, as soon as I saw it it was headed towards my neighbor's