kayt00 wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:43 pmAre we sure it was a coral snake and not a king snake? Animal mimicry at it's finest.Maxwell wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:37 pmActually they have a nerve toxin that is extremely dangerous to us humans, but you are right in that they are fairly docile and their fangs are in the back of their mouths. They must get enough flesh to chew on, not stab like the other poisonous snakes we have (copperheads, moccasins, and a variety of rattlers depending on where in the state you are). Coral snakes also kill other poisonous snakes.WTR wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:45 pmSomeone needs to educate themselves about snakes. Unless you let that poor Coral snake chew on you your friend killed a snake won’t strike and is relatively harmless.NRowl wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:03 pm A couple weeks ago my buddy was pulling some wood out of his wood pile and was greeted by a Coral snake. He killed it with a 4' long shovel. There is no way I'd have gotten that close!
Red and yellow will kill a fellow. And regarding needing an education on snakes, the only learning that is needed is that if you're a critter that bites and you are hiding in some place on my property that my kids stick their hands you will learn the hard way that you're in the wrong place. But again, this was not me that killed it and my buddy may have different rules.