"Only come out at night"

Boy that makes me feel better.

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Mark I have killed 2 corals at my house while in the yard away from house. One was about 14" other about 18". 40" is a B&C snake. I hope you saved him for several colorful hatbands!! Would be great in the dove field.

Kinda messed it up with the hoe!! I have four of these guys, including the “subject snake” in the deep freeze though. Unlike other poisonous snakes though, the coral snake has a very powerful neurotoxin that can work transdermally (through the skin). SO, if your buddy ever gets bitten, dont go all “John Wayne” and suck the poison out, or you will be dead faster than your buddy. A taxidermist friend told me he wears two pair of latex gloves when he skins one, and constantly reminds himself not to scratch himself.

I'll take my chances with the Roundup and leave Mark to his coral snakes! Glyphosate (Roundup trade name) targets genes that are only found in plants. There is a lot of recent evidence that shows Roundup is not carcinogenic or genotoxic to humans.

Thanks for the heads up about Roundup. I used the stuff for years and have had it all over me a few times. Had not heard of the latest info about roundup. There is so much information out there pro and con supposedly coming from experts, it is just so hard sometimes to decipher what is real or smokescreen info.

Btw Mark I had not heard about getting the toxin from their skin as well but makes sense. Probably means they don't have a lot of predators either.

Sister and her husband are stationed in San Antone and was talking with her since they just got new lab pup. Brother in law is out of town so she goes to let dog out late to do business. Big old coral snake was on patio and freaked her out. She is not liking Texas too much since only a week before the snake a swarm of killer bees were trying to nest behind the wall and they had to have someone come in the middle of the night to get rid of them. Heat and pestilence are taking a toll.

That gal would make a nice pair of snake (skin) boots!

-Victor

Growing up in central Indiana I never really worried about running into poisonous snakes BUT last summer some one filmed a rather large timer rattler about 3-hours from my hometown. I had no idea they could be this thick. https://youtu.be/dbJpV3VGK7o

Jay, something about that “snake” doesn’t ring true. They don’t crawl or slither with their body straight like that - and they don’t generally crawl that slowly either.






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I'm no herpetologist but it seems legit to me. Here is another from the general area: https://youtu.be/kKLPNZ-pxKg

Looks legit to me...diamondbacks that are just “traveling” move like that, with their tail elevated.