08/19/2026
Last weekend we got a call about a venomous copperhead from a mom with 2 small girls in a remote location. We immediately dropped everything we were doing and drove to relocate the snake.
We put the snake in a sealed Hefty container and the sweet girls were so fascinated by the snake. They asked so many questions and we got to educate them on the importance of watching where they step and grab because they could get stung by a bee or wasp, get poked by a thorn, get jabbed by a rusty nail, get cut by glass or yes, even get bitten by a snake simply protecting itself the only way it can.
Did we pretend the snake was harmless? ABSOLUTELY NOT, we never do but these girls learned so much more getting to see "Ghost Spider" (they named her) in the container. The fascination in their eyes and smiles will help them so much more in their lives than killing a snake just because it accidentally ended up in their "yard." Teach RESPECT over fear and teach coexisting by doing our part to simply watch where we step and grab.
Based off the comments of the majority of people out there, clearly this "deadly" snake should've been killed to "protect" the kids!!
What do kids learn from that? They learn that if you don't like something, kill it.
But, but we have to "protect" the kids from these "extremely deadly" snakes. In the US we average around 8000 venomous bites per year and on average 4 deaths. Doing quick math, that means each venomous bite has around 0.0005% chance of dying. Wow, definitely "extremely deadly."
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