I have had several snakes as pets and know a lot about them. Here are a few fact about snakes that you may or maynot know: 1)Snakes can strike up to 1/3 their body length. 2)No one has ever died from a copperhead bite in recorded history. You may loose a finger or hand, but you won't die. 3)Kingsnakes are the only snakes that prey on other snakes including rattlesnakes and copperheads. Kingsnakes are also referred to as chicken snakes or some people call them black snakes. 4)Remember blunt tail, poisionous; sharp tail non-poisionous. 5)Leave them alone they are doing us much more good than harm.