re: Thinking this was a mostly innocent nonvenomous garden variety yard snake right?

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I’d rather the children not get bitten / die but thanks for your concern

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CDC Link

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Each year, an estimated 7,000–8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States, and about 5 of those people die. The number of deaths would be much higher if people did not seek medical care.

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I'll never understand the need to kill an animal because I was scared of something so infinitesimally remote happening. More over, killing an animal of any kind and not using it in some fashion is immoral to me. Skin it or eat it or both. Cutting the rattles off to show your buddies doesn't count.

Hell, just move it. I've relocated plenty of copperheads and rattlesnakes in my neighborhood. We have a ton of copperheads here.