Subj : Copperheads
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Nov 23 2025 08:33:43

  Re: Re: Brr
  By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Sun Nov 23 2025 08:13:46

 > MP>In theory, yours should be getting warmer also, which makes one
 >   >wonder where all the copperheads went?  Farther North?  :D
 > 
 > Apparently not. It doesn't look like temperature was the main thing
 > that caused their disappearance. The only place I saw mentioned in
 > Canada where they still have them was in Gaspesie National Park
 > in Quebec. A map of where they are found in the USA showed mainly
 > mid southern to southern states in the East half of the country
 > pretty much all the way up to the Canadian Border near the East coast.
 > 
 > Not shown in Florida for some reason, maybe the heat but they are
 > all over Texas so maybe not that..
 
Maybe they have a natural predator there, or maybe it has something to do with
the composition of the soil... or the type of areas they prefer may be too damp
in Florida.
 
Mike
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