Hoarseness is generally caused by irritation of, or injury to, the vocal cords. The larynx (also referred to as the voice box), is the portion of the respiratory (breathing) tract containing the vocal cords. The vocal cords are two bands of muscle that form a V inside the larynx.
In some species babies are born alive. Other species lay eggs. In a strange combination of the two, some snakes have eggs that stay in their bodies until the eggs hatch and then the babies are born. Snakes can have anywhere from one to 150 baby snakes at a time.
Copperhead Information. Copperheads are one of the keys snakes that have a live birth the young snakes are born in the fall the year usually from August through October. The average litter that a copperhead has is between 3 to 9 baby snakes. The largest litter of copperhead baby snakes ever recorded is 22. This occurred in Fairfax Virginia.