Do you have any poisonous snakes in your area?

According to a site I found online, there are three venomous snakes in Virginia. The Copperhead, Cottonmouth and the Rattlesnake. I don't really care if they're poisonous or not, though. I JUST came across a rather large snake in my vegetable garden, about 3 days ago. The part that I did see, slithering under a bush, was about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. I tried to make him leave by poking at the bush with a stick and heard a distinct, almost rattling sound. I say almost because it wasn't a rattle like a rattlesnake but this snake was definitely shaking it's tail. It was at that point that I told the snake he won and can stay there if that pleased him and I went in the house. There's a snake around here called a ring-neck or something like that. They do shake their tail when they are afraid. Of course, that also infers that there is a definite chance that the snake will spring and that is something I'd rather NEVER find out about, not personally, anyway. If I smell cucumbers, chances are I'm smelling the ones I'm growing because rattlesnakes are not native to this area... I HOPE not, anyway!

I live in India and there are number of poisonous snakes that can kill a person in minutes. The most dangerous snakes seen in our area are Cobra, King Cobra and Viper. These snakes and many other dangerous snakes can be seen nearby the houses of all people. A few days ago, a snake bit an elephant. But the elephant is still surviving. It is a wonder!

The only one we have in Idaho is the rattlesnake. I watched this show on PBS the other night that was about research into venoms and toxins. Very interesting. The research they doing for people with diabetes and cancer. Even Alzheimer's. Scorpions, ticks, spiders, and snakes. Oh my!

Here in Western Australia we have the King Brown snake which I believe is quite venomous. I have never seen one where we live but I do recall being told to be careful when I was a member of a bush walking club because these types of snakes are very dangerous.

hi jen, how are you? perhaps it is king cobra. its quiet common in my area. take care.

There are plenty of poisonous snakes in my area. Here in Australia we have the deadliest snakes in the world and more of them! Of the top ten most deadliest snakes of the world, Australia has six on the list. The top eleven most venomous snakes in the world are all in Australia. 20 out of the top 25 are Australian. There is only one North American snake in the top 25 which is the Eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake at number 23. The most venomous snake in the world is the Inland Taipan and the 3rd is the Coastal Taipan. Both of these are found in my state, but a long way north of me thankfully. The second one on that list is the Eastern Brown snake which is very common around my area. I see at least 2 or 3 of them a year. Luckily they are not that aggressive. The difference between the most deadliest and most venomous is that the deadly ones are highly aggressive as well as highly venomous.

I have seen cobras and kraits in my village when I was small.They may be still there. And in the city where I love now there too are poisonous snakes but in the disguise of humans who would strike lethally at any moment.

i am in canada and while it gets pretty hot during our short summer, the winters are pretty cold so most snakes cannot survive here in our area.

We've got cottonmouths, copperheads, coral and several kinds of rattlers. Never met any up close and personal tho...

We don't have any poisonous snakes living in the wild in my home country. The only place I have seen a poisonous snake was in Queensland in Australia. We were walking across Great Keppel Island when we saw a snake. We rushed away very quickly. When we got back to our accommodation we described it to the manageress of the backpackers hostel. She said it was a dangerous type of snake. Australia has many types of poisonous snakes. It also has some dangerous spiders. Hospitals in Australia can help people that are bitten by poisonous snake or dangerous spider if they get there in time.

The only way most poisonous snakes can winter-over up here is if they find a cave. They have to find one where bats and bears aren't living. Smaller non-poisonous ones seem to be able to live under barns, under abandoned houses and even dig out under rocks. IF we have really mild winters and poisonous snakes really multiply from lots of food, then the range of them can spread. Usually only hikers in the mountains and near caves have to worry. But occasionally, they can be farther away than that. I have only seen our non-poisonous garden snakes called ribbon snakes. They see you, they stop and try to blend in. If they can't, you get too close or you step on it's tail, it goes away as fast as it can. We have 17 snakes indigionous to our area. Only 3 are dangerous: We have a timber rattlesnake like you do (6 feet long). We have the massasauga (3 feet long, he's a smaller rattler). We also have the Copperhead, he has no rattle. All three snakes are on the endangered species list. Because people usually wear high boots, long socks, and long pants tucked into their boots, seldom do people get bit on the legs up here. They could if reaching for something. One should never reach where one can not see, esp. near the ground. We never had the brown recluse spider up here before, but we do now. Our winters have gotten milder. People traveling back and forth as well as trucks and such are bringing a wider variety of poisonous spiders up here. We don't know of anyone who has gotten bitten by a snake, but more and more people are needing anti-biotic pumps for spiders up here. So we're more worried about that. You can live your entire life and not see a poisonous snake here, but you will probably see a poisonous spider at some point in time. Signing off from Northeastern NY State.

Those snakes sound so scary. I didn't know that rattlesnakes smell like cucumbers but your grandfather must know what he is talking about so you must be really careful. The only snakes I've seen around here is garden snakes. They are not poisonous but they still freak me out whenever they crawl in front of me.

I never heard that saying before about the cucumbers the only ones are in mississaga rattlers which I didn't know were poisonus, We don't have any snakes at all,The only way we have them is when somebody brings into the city as pets which isn't right, cd

No my friend, there are no trees left, no snakes too, during rains we see some non-poisonous snakes only, they eat frogs.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Professor

I'm really not aware of any poisonous snakes living in my area. There might be some, but as I live in Canada, I'm really unsure.

i think we got coper heads, and water moccasins too. i only seen coper heads around my house, they dont last long. chop chop cut cut.. off comes the heads. on any snakes

We only have rattlesnakes here that are poisonous. Those will try to avoid humans but if you are a hiker or rock climber you must be careful. We are also carefull in the grass fields, these snakes will go there to stay cool.

Way to many snakes to worry about...yuck. We have rattlesnakes out in the desert but we also have scorpions and black widows that can easily get into your house

I have not met any snake before excepts anaconda "movie" and how does cucumbers smells like? Hmmm...I couldn't find the scratching head emotion. You better watch out those snake, poisonous!

wow! that's scary!! i don't have the knowledge about the types of snake but that would be a big help for me. i better have a research regarding this wild animals.