A St. Charles man is dead after being bitten by a copperhead snake while camping with his family in southeast Missouri. Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch says 52-year-old Timothy Levins died Tuesday ...

When striking prey to kill it and eat it, Beane said, a baby copperhead will inject as much venom as necessary to do so. When a copperhead bites a human, that’s a defensive bite; the snake isn ...