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But their venom is mild and rarely fatal. Generally, rattlesnakes are considered the most venomous and the most likely to cause death. Copperheads are pit vipers, like rattlesnakes and water moccasins. Pit vipers have heat-sensory pits between eye and nostril on each side of head which are able to detect minute differences in temperatures so that the snakes can accurately strike the source of heat, which is often potential prey.

Copperhead behavior is very much like that of most other pit vipers— they are generally docile outside of mating season. They would much rather lay motionless and let you just walk on by. Most strikes result from a defensive reaction to being stepped on or startled. Earth Touch News David Moscato David Moscato is a science communicator, writer and educator with a background in palaeontology. Saving a species, one snake at a time By Jason Goldman.

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There are poisonous snakes in North Carolina! One of the toughest aspects of sharing an ecosystem with our slithering friends is the difficulty most non-snake aficionados can have in identifying which snakes are considered harmless and which are venomous. This confusion often leads to homeowners needlessly killing harmless — and even potentially beneficial snakes prey on disease-carrying rodents like mice and rats — snakes out of caution for themselves and their families. The banded water snake is not poisonous.

The initial issue with confusion between the two snakes is how similar they seem at first glance.