Sunday, April 24, 2011

COPPERHEAD

The average adult size is 22-36 inches long the longest one on record is 53 inches long.There pupil is slit like a cat and this is the same way for all venomous snakes this is one of the ways that people tell that a snake is poisonous.Another way that you can tell that it is a copperhead is the body it has a pattern that looks like an hourglass.Along with this is a triangle shaped head,and they are usually light brown with dark brown along the hourglass pattern on there body.The copperhead most often lives near water were there is small fish,rodents,frogs,other snakes,and small birds.

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