There are six species of venomous snakes in North Carolina, each with unique features and interesting behaviors.

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

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Ohio is home to three rare venomous snakes: the timber rattlesnake, the copperhead, and the massasauga rattlesnake. The timber rattlesnake and massasauga rattlesnake are both endangered species in ...

“They are the ones that have to be able to strike as quickly as possible,” says Alistair Evans, a zoologist at Monash University in Melbourne. It typically takes mammals between 60 to 400 milliseconds ...