An adult hognose can be a bruiser, measuring almost 4?feet from snout to tail tip. Ophidiophobes — snake fearers — would probably flee at first sight, thus missing the show. Even people whose ...

The snake — which is an eastern hognose, by the way — "does play dead when threatened. It does NOT die and come back to life like a zombie," the department told CBS News. According to the ...

The North Carolina State Parks and Recreation shared images of the eastern hognose snake on its Facebook page, warning residents to stay alert if they happen to come across the creature ...

The eastern hognose snake, which grows up to 4 feet, is “famous” for playing dead when the mood strikes it, the parks department said. They are nonvenomous and rarely bite, but could be brutal ...