I've been told it means you are close by a rattlesnakes den, not always an actual rattlesnake.
Copperheads This is, in fact, myth. Copperheads do not smell like cucmber and rattlesnakes do not smell like watermelon.
cucumbers
Copperheads This is, in fact, myth. Copperheads do not smell like cucmber and rattlesnakes do not smell like watermelon.
I live in a highly wooded area in PA and I have often smelled strong cucumber in the middle of walking my dogs. Many people say that it's an old wives' tale that copperheads smell like cucumbers, but my question is... what else would smell like cucumbers that strongly? In my research, I have learned that they do emit a musk, but whether that musk smells like cucumbers is a mystery.
Cucumbers, but only when it's startled.
they seldom bathe!
Not really, there are types of NCR paper (or CCP pper - the type of paper that repaced carbon paper and is primarily seen in white - yllow - pink) than when being copied have a smell very similar to cucumbers. In fact I found this question while looking online for a reason WHY it smells like cucumbers.
they smell like snake
Rattlesnakes do not play with anything.
A snake can good smell and detectors for heat.
If your in the southeastern united states it is most likely a cotton mouth which is poisonous. they also smell like cucumbers.