{"id":2002,"date":"2026-06-22T17:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:36:55","slug":"no-it-wasnt-a-copperhead-germanys-world-cup-team-saw-this-lookalike-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=2002","title":{"rendered":"No, it wasn\u2019t a copperhead. Germany\u2019s World Cup team saw this lookalike snake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A snake sighting at Germany\u2019s World Cup training base in Winston-Salem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/state\/north-carolina\/article316177672.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">drew international attention<\/a> after captain Joshua Kimmich described the encounter. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c2lyzdwjwgwo\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/world-cup-players-concerned-after-venomous-snake-reportedly-seen-on-training-pitch-12000870\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">other national media outlets<\/a> reported the snake was a copperhead, North Carolina\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/state\/north-carolina\/article315193628.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">most common venomous snake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=2000\">Charlotte artists get more opportunities to shine, thanks to new $1 million grant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Team representative Ruth Pintner has since told the Charlotte Observer in an email that<b> the snake was not a copperhead but a non-venomous water snake<\/b>. Pintner said Kimmich spotted the snake in a little creek and confirmed it was a water snake, not a venomous copperhead as initially reported by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmich previously told the BBC, \u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019ll die, but it\u2019s certainly dangerous. I have the feeling that if you step on a snake like that, it can end badly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pintner said the German players love nature and animals, noting they adopted a bird during the 2024 Euro and have planted trees in past years. The snake topic came up with a smile rather than as a real concern.<\/p>\n<p>The Observer previously reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/local\/article315743246.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">telling the difference between copperheads and other snakes<\/a> in North Carolina, plus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/state\/north-carolina\/article316146825.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">copperheads\u2019 specific markings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copperheads have contrasting brown crossbands shaped like an hourglass or dumbbell, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncwildlife.gov\/species\/copperhead\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\"> North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.<\/a> The shapes are narrow in the center of the back and wider along the sides.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1998\">Hatchet attack at mobile home park pit brother against brother, NC sheriff says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northern watersnakes are reddish brown with blotches on one part of the body and bands on the other part: \u201cIf you look at those bands on the first third of the body, they\u2019re actually<b> the opposite of what we see on a copperhead<\/b>,\u201d Jeff Hall, statewide herpetologist for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, previously told the Observer. \u201cSo the band is actually widest at the top and narrowest on the side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copperheads account for most venomous bites in the state, though bites are almost never fatal, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/state\/north-carolina\/article315963408.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">WakeMed Emergency Physician Dr. Benjamin German<\/a> recounted a 2026 case in which a patient from another country mistook a copperhead for a harmless snake from home, picked it up and collapsed within five minutes after being bitten on both hands.<\/p>\n<p><i>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Questions about life in North Carolina? Or have a tip or story idea you\u2019d like to share? The service journalism teams at The News &amp; Observer and The Charlotte Observer want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1996\">New incentives details for 1,200-job Rock Hill project ahead of company being ID\u2019d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can submit your question by <b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSccVKD-gL7FQf5pkdkbdjLw965_FcrhM0VNSNc3CpkcOakHFg\/viewform?usp=dialog\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">filling out this form<\/a><\/b>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany captain Joshua Kimmich spotted a snake at the Winston-Salem base camp; team rep Ruth Pintner confirmed it was a non-venomous water snake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, it wasn\u2019t a copperhead. 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