Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
The one I had the photo of above, when I told the park ranger that it did not make any noise, the park ranger said that a lot of the snakes in the park in areas where people are do not rattle. Over many generations they have learned that they live longer if they do not rattle.
Never heard that one before. But in the southern Appalachians, I just assume any snake that doesn't run away and doesn't rattle is a copperhead.
(Unless it's about 6' long and solid black. Then it's a black snake, and _I_ don't have to run away!)