Copperhead near trail around Lake Lure

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August 24, 2005

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Lake Lure, North Carolina

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This is a copperhead inches from the trail around Lake Lure in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Copperheads are quite poisonous, and this photographer was foolhardy to take such a close shot.