In the majority, snakes are not poisonous and if you are bitten by one, the largest threat to you is actually infection of the wound and exposure to bacteria that that is prominent in just about every snake's mouth.
If you are bitten by a non poisonous snake, even if the bite seems small, if blood is drawn, treat it as a serious wound because it can develop into something very serious without even having venom be present.
Although this article covers poisonous snakes in Kansas but the description of the various, major venomous snakes is a reliable guide for most of the south and Midwest.
You should, however, check with your state's Fish and Wildlife organization to see what, if any poisonous snakes exist in your state or region.
On the next page, we cover the most common venomous snakes for the region cited above.
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Kill them all.
You would think that the expert writing this article would know that snakes are venomous not poisonous.
I agree, it gets under my skin too..venomous people. Not Poisonous!
Rat snake on top,
Copperhead on bottom?
If your unsure then leave them be. Test passed.
I’m not going in to this article but the snakes I can see is a copper head a cottonmouth the other two have rattlers that’s enough to tell me to steal f*** away from all four that I can see
Copperhead water moccasin timber rattlesnake and Diamondback
No Gary Ford…it’s not…u could drink venom and be fine..
Dumbass
Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Massagua rattler, Diamondback rattler
Get a fucking life AJ……
I respect Nature , have seen all these snakes at one time or another , Leave them alone and they leave you alone , antagonize them at your own risk !!!