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Natural Heritage
• Plants & Animals of the Hills |
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| • Camping • Caves • Conservation • Fishing • Hills & Hollows • Hunting • Plants & Animals • Rivers & Lakes |
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| Plants & Animals of the Hills Index Stories... • Copperheads on the James (from John Tilden) _______ |
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We do have the hills there and those copperheads love those hills.
It's not a good idea to pick up the rocks or poke around the brushpiles. We cut a lot of wood on the farm and those wood piles? They really love that.
The bluff side of the river is cool — it's on the north side. It's pretty good for snakes too.
You just learn to look before you step, before you go digging for something. If you have your canoe turned over, you learn to stand, reach over and turn it right side up, away from you.
My dad, as a kid, was running barefoot in the orchard and was bitten on the toe by a copperhead.
He was okay, though.
— John Tilden, Reeds Spring, Missouri
John Tilden, the fifth-generation to grow up on the family farm near Galena, is a humble and very talented young man.
A gifted Christian songwriter, it was an honor to simply sit and visit about his views of the Ozarks and family recollections. You may now find several of these recollections throughout the site.
John currently works at the Marvel Cave in Silver Dollar City.
— Joshua Heston
Length: 2—4.5 feet
What to look for: back copper, orange, or pinkish, with bold red-brown crossbands, often narrowing at center of back; plain-colored head; pit in front of and just below the eye; vertical pupils.
Habitat: rock outcrops and ravines in forests; edges of swamps and floodplains.
— page 179, Wernett, Susan J., et al. North American Wildlife. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1986.