Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 10, 2014 15:29:40 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Had a snake rescue this morning first thing, 24 inch Texas Coral Snake in a garage. Took a couple of pics that are not real good because I don't handle snakes that can kill me. I just transfer then to my snake bucket and photograph them right there before I relocate them. Got to get me a black bucket. I think that would make for better pics. Remember the banding folks. Red on black, friend to Jack. Yellow touches red, bites you dead!. Though these Texas examples are a little confusing because there are black spots in the red zones. My first Texas Coral and funny but this snake was lightning fast. I thought they were much slower....Mel   |
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Post by snowmom on Jul 10, 2014 15:44:34 GMT -5
beautiful critter... we only have eastern rattlesnakes (massasagua) to worry about up here... not sorry....
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Post by Toad on Jul 10, 2014 16:17:34 GMT -5
Beautiful snake. Glad I don't have to worry about them in northern Ohio.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 16:42:14 GMT -5
Remember the banding folks. Red on black, friend to Jack. Yellow touches red, bites you dead!. Love it!!! I love your version of coral banding ditty. Mine sucks. If red touches black It's a friend of Jack. If red touches yellow It's a deadly fellow BTW, this ditty only works in the USA. Corals farther south can and do break this rule. With only red and black bands or even yellow touching black like a milksnake. Lastly, I have found and captured and or handled five species of coral snakes. They are all very fast and jumpy nervous snakes. Just like the milk & kingsnakes that mimic them. Fangs very short, even simple pigskin work gloves protect well. Plus they tend to not bite instead preferring to cr@p all over you. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 16:46:20 GMT -5
yes, we have to send you a black or even white bucket. It looks like hydroponics stores are where the black buckets are found. Can I trade you a five gallon black bucket and lid for a nice big hunk of jasper?  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 10, 2014 16:53:09 GMT -5
I think a white bucket would be best.
Just a few more variations -
•Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, friend of Jack.
•Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, venom lack.
•Red touches yellow, death says hello. Black touches red, keep your head.
•Yellow touches red, you be dead. Red touches black, eat Cracker Jacks.
•Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow; Red touches black you're all right Jack.
•Red touches yellow, dangerous fellow. Red touches black, you're okay jack.
I think ya get the idea...
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 10, 2014 17:47:06 GMT -5
Scott, Only Arizona Coral I've seen, didn't even have yellow. It's bands were more white *L*.....Mel
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Post by jamesp on Jul 11, 2014 2:49:11 GMT -5
I think all Corals have a black nose. They are commonly 30-40 inches long in central Florida. I caught one 42 inches long and sent it to the Tennessee aquarium for display. They were required to keep anti-venom on all their poisonous snakes. I f I remember correctly they spent $5000 on a supply of anti-venom for that one snake. They can be feisty when handled. First article below claims 'only 20%' of bites fatal. That percentage is high enough to respect them. Very rare that people get harmed by them as they are shy. The venom is similar to Cobra venom, Coral only carries like 5-10 mg and a Cobra something like 200 mg mega dose. Red Tail Hawks apparently a different story, and I have heard of this happening from local Floridians. Those guys can not leave a snake alone: " K. Brugger of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service saw an adult male red-tailed hawk land on Paynes Prairie, carrying a 30-inch coral snake in its talons. As she watched, the bird ‘became progressively uncoordinated and unresponsive and finally collapsed.’ When Brugger examined the dead hawk she found it had several small punctures in its feet and legs." www.wildflorida.com/wildlife/snakes/Eastern_Coral_Snake.phpwww.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/FL-GUIDE/Micrurusffulvius.htm |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 11, 2014 14:13:15 GMT -5
I had a friend growing up in Florida who stepped on a coral snake by accident. We were all young- like 12, I guess. She was climbing on some heavy equipment being used to build a housing dev and didn't see the snake curled up there. Luckily, her brother was there. Turned out he had a pretty cool head for someone younger than us. Because she stepped behind the head, it couldn't bite her. On 3, her brother coaxed her to jump as far as she could the second she lifted her foot. She did. She cleared the strike and lived to tell the tale.  (I'm sure adrenaline helped, too.) |
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Post by ash on Jul 11, 2014 15:52:28 GMT -5
only ones I have seen in Louisiana, couple in North, none in South, were very small, like a foot long and fast as lightning. I did not pick them up.
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Post by 1nickthegreek on Jul 11, 2014 17:50:31 GMT -5
I know corals are one of the most difficult to milk for making anti venom, the fangs are so small on them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 22:08:13 GMT -5
I think all Corals have a black nose. Indeed they do. Sadly, so do nearly all tricolor snakes. Coral?? or No?? -L.jpg) |
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Post by phil on Jul 15, 2014 22:59:02 GMT -5
I think all Corals have a black nose. Indeed they do. Sadly, so do nearly all tricolor snakes. Coral?? or No?? Not coral. Red on black, friend to jack....red on yellow, kill a fellow. |
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(I'm sure adrenaline helped, too.)
