During the American Civil War, a “Copperhead” was anyone who opposed the war and supported the notion of a negotiated peace between the United States and the Confederate States. Most, but not all, Copperheads were Democrats, and the name was not exactly complimentary, casting the peace advocates as venomous reptiles.
The venomous reptile that these people were named for is the Northern Copperhead and in Somerset County, New Jersey, local authorities are warning residents about the presence of these animals.
Wildlife officials issued a warning in Somerset County, New Jersey, to be on guard for northern copperhead snakes after one of the species was seen last week in Watchung, a Garden State borough that’s less than an hour from New York City.
The northern copperhead snake is described as having two shades of copper or a reddish-brown color.
It “inhabits rocky fields, berry thickets,…
