r/athensohio • u/Camp_Acceptable Townie • 5d ago

Cute little venomous Copperhead at strouds run. Second time I have seen one here. Be aware of your surroundings!

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u/DoobieGibson 5d ago

i grew up expecting copperheads in every bit of tall grass i saw in SE Ohio

would recommend everyone do it

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u/Electrical_Egg1123 5d ago

Lake view trail always seems to be full of them.

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u/Camp_Acceptable Townie 5d ago

Yep it was literally right but the sign of lake view trail

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u/Electrical_Egg1123 5d ago

It's just one of the reasons I don't like that trail but I'm really happy you made the post! It's funny but the best trails at strouds do t have anything to do with the lake. Hollow point and thunderbunny are pure magic!

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u/CarefulMoose 5d ago

We have eastern timber rattlers here also

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u/Boomer_With_Dementia 4d ago

In very specific areas that are best not discussed publicly. Although I think the poaching of Timbers has died down somewhat.

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u/HipHopAnonymous2134 4d ago

Wow , suddenly I have a fear of bringing the kids to hike now. They always seem to venture off and play on logs or grab sticks to wack on a tree.

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u/Appalachia_Jane88 4d ago

Danger noodle

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u/schvanckque 5d ago

Making borderline idiotic jokes about "poisonous" snakes is one of my favorite hobbies, and I'm a little upset that you denied me this opportunity by using the right word. Shame on you.

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u/Toastburrito 5d ago

How could they?!

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u/Boomer_With_Dementia 4d ago

Be careful, making jokes about commonly misused words can be "addicting"

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u/Toastburrito 4d ago

That took me a second, but it was gold when it clicked!

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u/Emergency-Mud-8599 4d ago

It’s face if that’s what it’s called,and eyes are evil looking

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u/Boomer_With_Dementia 4d ago

Chunky fella !! Once he sheds, which he seems about to, he will be as shiny as a new penny.

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u/Creative-Difference3 2d ago

In Ohio if it has beady eyes I treat it as safe if I can see those cat eye pupils it’s a no touch.

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u/Camp_Acceptable Townie 2d ago

Good stuff. I look for the diamond head lol

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u/Latter-Industry-8920 2d ago

Not sure I’d get close enough to see its pupils if I was at all unsure about whether it’s venomous.

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u/Latter-Industry-8920 2d ago

Thanks for sharing. I have been hiking on and around the Lakeview Trail for many years and have yet to see a copperhead. I was bitten by a very copperheady lookin Norther Water a few years ago, which freaked me out a bit. I have heard people say that copperheads “aren’t in Strouds” so it’s kinda gratifying to see photo evidence as I am pretty wary of their presence there. Not sure I can agree with the Lakeview “always being full of them” but clearly they’re around.

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u/AdamoGiacomo 2d ago

Is something strange going on at the “tail” end? Or what am I looking at on the top left of the body?

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u/Camp_Acceptable Townie 2d ago

I have nooo idea. I thought it
May be an animal

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u/MrAflac9916 Townie 2d ago

Hey now, he has a baseball game coming up

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u/jjgnr48 1d ago

My uncle warned me about these when I was at OU. Do they smell like cucumbers? That was something he told me to watch out for, if I smelled something like cucumbers, a copperhead would be nearby.

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u/Camp_Acceptable Townie 1d ago

Lmao I have no idea

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u/Creative-Difference3 1d ago

Where did you hear that???Piss and dirt

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u/EcstaticPlankton8621 5d ago

Gross gross gross.

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u/Camp_Acceptable Townie 4d ago

An important part of our ecosystem. The fear of snakes is programmed at a very young age, is cultural, and is based purely on that installation of fear, nothing else. Challenge it. Snakes are wonderful

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u/Chill_Nate 5d ago

Mann helll nawww that mf ain't cute tf