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Virginia has a lot of dangerous plant life. As well as several animals of varying levels of terror.
Stuff like the cotton-mouth, that’ll chase your ass through hell and highwater, and mountian lions.
I have cotton-mouth snakes where I live, although we often just call them moccasins or water moccasins. I do not believe that they will actually chase you on land, and as long as you do not get close to them, you should be fine. The issue is that they will hide in underbrush, and then attack when you come close because they feel threatened.
Their bite is deadly, but from what I have heard, the death rate is very low because the bite is normally treated very quickly.
There are also copperhead snakes near my area, but I do not know a lot about them because I live beside a small swamp, and copperheads are native to drier areas.
I do believe that there are mountain lions (also known as pumas and panthers) in my area, but I have not heard too much about them. We have a lot of bobcats though.
I am going to sleep now, so I will not be able to respond until the morning.