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[Bman]

A Coral Snake? Cool. Easily mistaken for the Scarlet King Snake (good snake)

Here are a few facts on the Coral Snake;

This iconic snake, with its bulbous head and red, yellow, and black bands, is famous as much for its potent venom as for the many rhymes—"Red and yellow, kill a fellow; red and black, friend of Jack"—penned to distinguish it from similarly patterned, nonvenomous copycats, such as the scarlet king snake.

Coral snakes are extremely reclusive and generally bite humans only when handled or stepped on. They must literally chew on their victim to inject their venom fully, so most bites to humans don't result in death. In fact, no deaths from coral snake bites have been reported in the U.S. since an antivenin was released in 1967.

[zander]

Yeah it was cool alright. It was the only one I've ever seen in my life. I was working for a forestry company in Louisiana one summer in college and we blew up a beaver dam to try to save some of the timber on the stand. After blowing it we walked out to keep the channel clear to drain it and that is when I saw the coral snake swimming towards me. At first I guessed it was a milk snake but then I saw the red next to yellow. It tried to swim up to where I was standing on what was left on the beaver dam. I used a rake to send it another direction. I had thick rubber boots on and I knew coral snakes have to really chew on you to bite you since their fangs are in the back of their mouth. I wasn't startled as I normally get when seeing a swimming snake. I felt lucky to see it. Probably never see another one.

[Bman]

Zander, BTW I checked out your website. Very nice. Love your artwork. You have quite a resume'.

I've never heard of or seen a fish hook painting. Can you elaborate?

[smallmouthjoe]

I wish the general public felt the same way about snakes as you do Bman. I study snakes and have found that they are truly shy creatures who are more willing to run than they are to fight. Thank you for giving that old and beautiful snake a reprieve.

[Bman]

I wish the general public felt the same way about snakes as you do Bman. I study snakes and have found that they are truly shy creatures who are more willing to run than they are to fight. Thank you for giving that old and beautiful snake a reprieve.

Good vibes back at you as well. I live in an area that is a little bit of Missouri snake ville. I have some Hognose snakes back here as well, Copperheads too. I love watching the antics of the Hognose snakes. They put on such as show, flaring their necks, bluff strikes, rattling their tails in the leafs. And if that does not work...they roll over and play dead! You can pick them up and lay them over your arm, and they will still play 'possum. But if you roll them right side up, they flip back over playing dead again!

[fishinwrench]

Thanks for not killing that snake. It drives me nuts that so many people grab a hoe everytime they see any snake in "their" yard.

My sentiments exactly.

I had a copperhead take up residence right next to my mailbox ... and he had to go. But all others get a free pass with me.