An interesting 2008 research finding shows this pattern. Children, as young as three years of age, can detect a snake among flowers on a computer screen, faster than they could detect the flowers.

Experts weigh in on Triangle snake sightings. Saturday, March 2, 2019. ... As for Copperheads, they're very small, fat snakes with dark, hourglass-shaped patterns.

Cottonmouth snakes, also known as water moccasins, are another of our state’s six venomous snake species.. They’re cousins to copperheads, a venomous snake frequently seen throughout the Triangle.

An African toad has found a nifty way to scare off predators: it looks and sounds like a venomous snake. This strategy of “ Batesian mimicry ” is common in some other animal groups, but is ...