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Peak snake season: Experts advise on how to avoid encounters
Summer through early fall is the peak season for snake movement and mating. Georgia and South Carolina are home to six ...
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SC snakes are back in the Lowcountry. Here’s a guide on which are venomous
South Carolina is home to all sorts of wildlife ... these snakes are often larger and glossy-looking. King snakes have white or yellow chain-link markings. They often live in forests, swamps ...
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Venomous copperheads in SC have harmless lookalikes. This is how you tell which is which
Mole king snakes constrict around their prey instead ... which enjoy living in South Carolina swamps. It can be difficult to tell the species apart, but banded water snakes do lack the hourglass ...
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Copperheads are out in force in SC. Here’s how to identify them and their harmless lookalikes
Mole king snakes constrict around their prey instead ... which enjoy living in South Carolina swamps. An image of a banded water snake. screenshot Courtesy of S.C. Department of Natural Resources ...
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This nonvenomous SC snake eats copperheads. Here’s what to know about it
They eat rodents and other snakes, and they also eat the dreaded copperhead, South Carolina’s most populous venomous snake. Rattlesnakes, too. The venom copperheads and rattlesnakes use to kill ...
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What to know about the different types of snake bites in South Carolina
REPORTING LI As temperatures rise in South Carolina, snake bites also tend to increase. Dr. Michael Beuhler, a Medical Toxicologist from Atrium Health, says it's not the extreme heat that brings ...