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In article <341FE9CA.1011@mc.duke.edu>,
Seth Fehrs  <fehrs002@mc.duke.edu> wrote:
>lazm wrote:
>
>> EHHH??  Bacteria isn't the problem with copperheads.  It's the poison.
>> It won't necessarily kill you but it will mess you up.  I've got a
>> sergeant that also has a side job that puts him in the grass and bushes.
>>  He got bit by a copperhead last year and it put him in a hurt locker.
>> Then he tried to be macho and not go to the doctor but we forced him to
>> go.  I believe there are also rattlesnakes and water moccasins in this
>> area.  
>
>Water mocs & rattlers are not in the triangle area.  I believe 
>the southern part of NC is the northern limit for water mocs.
>I know the eastern diamondback is still in the southern 
>Appalachians as a friend has seen them.  If I remember correctly 
>they still cling to coastal marsh areas too.

Errr, then why have I heard a rattler in the weeds out by Hemlock
Bluff?  I'm from Eastern NC--believe me when I say I know what it 
sounds like.

>BTW, there is a tiny species of scorpion in the mountains too,
>about 1/2 inch long.  Two friends have been stung; one had almost
>no effects save a small stinging at first.  The other rolled 
>over onto on in bed and got stung on the neck.  The effect was
>that of a bad bee sting.
>
>> Not sure about coral snakes.

Southeastern NC, Southern Pines, area, etc...they're reclusive 
burrowers, and like sandy pine woods soil.
>
>Too far north.

Not true...I know what they look like and I've seen 'em in 
Southeastern NC--they're not burrowing all the time.

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