saw one of these on the trail
10-01-07, 12:50 PM
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saw one of these on the trail
10-01-07, 01:11 PM
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Is that a coral snake?I'm afraid that would be the last time I rode that trail
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10-01-07, 01:20 PM
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According to this: https://www.shihtzudog.com/coral.htm it appears to be the Bad One.
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We only have one poisonous snake in the UK and that is the Adder. Used to see plenty when I was younger but a bit rare nowadays.(Too many people see a snake and just kill it- because it is a snake). Saw one basking on a fire road last year and I was 3rd in line- 1st rider woke it up- Second rider had it lunge at him- I got out of the way- well and truly out of the way.
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10-01-07, 02:13 PM
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10-01-07, 02:21 PM
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I would never get close enough to one to do it any harm
At the other house I often ran across large black snakes while mowing the lawn. My neighbors said they knew when I had come across one because I ran to the house and the mower would sit in the yard for a couple days
At the other house I often ran across large black snakes while mowing the lawn. My neighbors said they knew when I had come across one because I ran to the house and the mower would sit in the yard for a couple days
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I would never get close enough to one to do it any harm
At the other house I often ran across large black snakes while mowing the lawn. My neighbors said they knew when I had come across one because I ran to the house and the mower would sit in the yard for a couple days
At the other house I often ran across large black snakes while mowing the lawn. My neighbors said they knew when I had come across one because I ran to the house and the mower would sit in the yard for a couple days
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10-01-07, 02:44 PM
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My question is, did you draft him or drop him?
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- when i rode by i wasn't sure of the coloring (as it could have been a kingsnake)... but i circled around, and sure enough, it was a coral snake - the second i've seen about this time of year down here...
- amazingly enough, the coral, related to the cobra, isn't the real baddie: that distinction belongs to the local rattlesnake species!
- i just have to remember the ditty:
'If red touches yellow, it can kill a fellow'
'If red touches black, it is a friend of Jack'
(oh, and the coral snake was NOT afraid of me at all - i wonder why?)
- amazingly enough, the coral, related to the cobra, isn't the real baddie: that distinction belongs to the local rattlesnake species!
- i just have to remember the ditty:
'If red touches yellow, it can kill a fellow'
'If red touches black, it is a friend of Jack'
(oh, and the coral snake was NOT afraid of me at all - i wonder why?)
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Yikes! Don't like snakes, but live and let live. Anyway, it would have dropped me....
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I recall the rhyme
"Red next to black is a friend of Jack
Red next to yellow is a deadly fellow"
STAND BACK JACK, THAT'S A DEADLY FELLOW.
I was riding the trail over the weekend and encountered a harmless garter snake sunning itself. I stopped and shooed him off the trail before someone ran him over. Some folks would use him as target practice.
"Red next to black is a friend of Jack
Red next to yellow is a deadly fellow"
STAND BACK JACK, THAT'S A DEADLY FELLOW.
I was riding the trail over the weekend and encountered a harmless garter snake sunning itself. I stopped and shooed him off the trail before someone ran him over. Some folks would use him as target practice.
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10-01-07, 05:09 PM
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Coral snakes have deadly venom, but lack fangs. All they have li little nubby teeth. I don't think anyone in the US has ever been killed by one. Pretty snakes.
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10-01-07, 06:28 PM
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Here in So. Illinois I often have multiple snake sightings on a single ride. Only venemous one I saw this year was a copperhead on the Katy just outside of Weldon Springs.
The other day I swerved my car to miss the BIGGEST black snake I have ever seen. Then I looked in my rearview mirror to see a minivan behind me swerve to hit the snake. Oh well, what can you do?
The other day I swerved my car to miss the BIGGEST black snake I have ever seen. Then I looked in my rearview mirror to see a minivan behind me swerve to hit the snake. Oh well, what can you do?
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If I saw one, I'd move a few feet away, stop and watch it for a while. I like watching snakes move, they are really quick for something with no feet or legs.
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10-01-07, 07:28 PM
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That snake must be pretty fast - it has yellow and red and NO WHITE.
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I killed two coral snakes and a copper head in my back yard many moons ago when we lived south of Houston. The third coral snake got way from me before I could dispatch him. I brought formaldehyde from the lab, but didn't dilute it enough. It kinda bleached them out. I didn't worry about grass snakes, but the venomous ones had to go.
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According to Wikipedia, no one in the US has been killed by a Coral Snake since antivenom became available.
But that doesn't mean that it's OK to pick one up to pet.
But that doesn't mean that it's OK to pick one up to pet.
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Been there. A copperhead is more aggressive than the timber rattlers we have around here. So I would have stayed far away from that one.
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