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Copperheads are the only venomous snake you’re likely to encounter in the Triangle and central NC. Here’s how to identify and avoid them.

Georgia is home to 47 snake species ... Timber rattlesnakes, copperheads, rat snakes and hingsnakes are all bigger snakes that eat a lot of small mammals, like rats and mice.

But copperheads don’t wait for consistently warm temperatures. These snakes — the only venomous snakes you’re likely to see in the Triangle and central North Carolina — appear with the ...