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A photo purportedly showing a copperhead snake inside the mouth of a fish is frequently circulated online along with the claim that several anglers have been bitten in similar situations. One popular version was posted to Facebook in September 2015: The above-displayed photo, however, does not show a copperhead. This particular has been circulating since at least 2009, when it was shared in a gallery on the web site Outdoor Life, identifying the snake as a garter snake, the fish as a largemouth bass, and the angler as Ricky Stephens: The warning displayed in the meme originated on Facebook and not with an official wildlife organization, and was made up by a Facebook user in order to give an interesting photo a viral lift: Copperhead snakes are very common in North America, and are the most likely to bite (although their bites are venomous but rarely fatal). They live in a wide variety of environments, but do not hunt in the water — unlike the semiaquatic and far more poisonous water moccasins, with which copperheads are often confused.
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