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The copperheads venom is hemolytic it destroys the red corpuscles of the blood and releases the hemoglobin into the surrounding fluid the resultant hemorrhaging destroys the snakes normal prey mostly small mammals. They can be found in Texas,Oklahoma,Kansas,Missouri,Arkansas,Louisiana,Mississippi,Alabama and so on there habitats are mixed wood lands forests rocky arias and even in swamp like arias. The copperheads young are born alive rather than hatched from eggs.The copperhead is holds the largest amount of snake bites in the us each year thousands of documented cases of people injured every year and many pets like dogs and cats are bitten often many of these go unreported copperhead bites are rarely fatal to humans.You can find out if its male of female by the size of the body or the tail the females are longer than the males and the males tail is longer than the female. Scientists have found a chemical in the copperheads venom that can stop cancerous tumors.
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