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Unread 07-30-2018, 11:26 PM   #1
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Nuff Said.
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Unread 07-31-2018, 12:14 AM   #2
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Yessir!....
Two days ago, resting in the middle of a coiled water hose......learned my vertical jump at 58 and 275 is still as good as it was at 18 and 180!!,! Biggest coral snake I have ever seen, 40”!!
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We don't see those in my neck of the woods but it does get your attention.
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Kill a fella!
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That snake looks like it was clubbed by the B.C. cave woman.





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Dean.....funny you should say that. This water hose is out in the pasture (picture hay field) about 500 yards from the house. I had put on my backpack sprayer with just the concentrated Roundup in it, and walked up the road to this faucet to fill the tank closer to my spraying project. No Snake boots....shorts and flip flops.I saw this guy as I was reaching for the end of the hose, and he definitely saw me because he snapped up into a defensive coil. the only weapon I had was the little wimpy plastic spray wand for the sprayer, and it is only about 20" long. I am sure I looked a sight, on my hands and knees repeatedly thumping the rascal on the noggin with that little tube! When I was sure he had succumbed, I walked to the house to get a hoe to carry him back for show and tell for Robin.halfway back with the snake draped over the hoe handle, he "woke up" and slithered off the handle onto the road and was making for cover, so he got a few "lizzy borden style whacks with the hoe.
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Holy smokes, not certain which is more deadly, the genetic altering roundup or the snake. Problem is nothing really works better than Roundup.

I'll bet if you had a tree to climb this would have been you.

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I have never seen a Coral Snake in the wild and hope it stays that way. They have been seen on a place not too far from my parents'

I have seen more than my fair share of Rattlesnakes, Moccasins and Copperheads
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Oh they are probably there but are largely nocturnal and pretty shy, as I have been told. No snake expert but understand the coral snakes are like grandaddy long legged spiders, very toxic venom but mouths on spider are too small to even bite and teeth are so small on coral snake they have to chew on you some to envenomate. Pretty sure not letting one hang around me long enough for that to happen. I think most bites are when kids pick this things up
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Oh they are probably there but are largely nocturnal and pretty shy, as I have been told. No snake expert but understand the coral snakes are like grandaddy long legged spiders, very toxic venom but mouths on spider are too small to even bite and teeth are so small on coral snake they have to chew on you some to envenomate. Pretty sure not letting one hang around me long enough for that to happen. I think most bites are when kids pick this things up
Im not an expert either, with the exception of experience and exposure. I have encountered a couple dozen coral snakes over the years, and those I have bumped into that were no where near dwellings or structures, have been admired and sent on their merry way. I can tell you that when aggravated, they can be quite aggressive, and they “strike” just like any other snake. On the “chewing” that is sort of accurate, when they bite, they clamp down HARD, then grind their jaws to distribute the venom. I have taunted them with sticks, and can vouch that they will hang on to a stick, and dangle their entire body weight.

Ones that have a real chance of encounters with people or pets are dealt with more severely. I have two good friends that narrowly escaped death from coral snake bites. Both bites could have been avoided by excercising more caution.
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