It was right in plain sight.
that runs along their spine and can make them very difficult to notice in areas such as leaf piles or brush, where they often like to hide for long periods of time. Run-ins occasionally occur when they're accidentally disturbed during yard work, including the recent case ofFort WorthAfter hibernating during the winter months, copperheads are often seen out and about during daylight hours in the spring and fall and, according to the Ohio Public Library Information Network.
Wilkins explained that he later went to check whether he had locked his front gate before heading inside for the evening. But after closing the entrance and turning around to walk back into his home, he just managed to catch sight of a copperhead on the ground before it struck and bit him in the leg.
"I turned about right here and took maybe two-step and it laid right here, and that's when it got me," he told WATE.
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