The copperhead, an endangered snake, is one of only two venomous snakes found in Massachusetts (the other is the endangered timber rattlesnake) Both species give birth at the end of the summer While people commonly misidentify milk snakes and northern water snakes as copperheads, actual copperhead sightings are very rare When the copperhead baby snakes are born, they already have fangs and venom! Conversely, nonvenomous species, such as the eastern milk snake, have round pupils, just like a human" A Pennsylvania woman was bitten by a
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