Coral Snake, second one in half a century...

[Railroader]

Me and my Grandson The Kid were leaving the deer stand this morning, walking along talking when he stopped cold and said "Snake, Papa!" He saw him before I did, and I'm proud that after me telling them boys 10,000 times to lookout for snakes, he was doing it automatically...



A beauty of a coral snake, the second one I ever saw in half a century of Outdoor Life.

We studied him for a minute, and sent him on his way...

 

[campboy]

That’s very cool. Don’t have em in my area

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Very cool
I'm 60 and only seen two as well.

 

[pjciii]

That's a big one. Pretty one

 

[Silver Britches]

Haven’t seen one in a long time. Last one I saw I was sitting at the base of a tree picking away bark on a rotten log beside me, when a big one crawled out. Scared me!

 

[alphachief]

That is a big one!

 

[Redbow]

Pretty Snake, I have never seen one in the wild as much as I have hunted and fished roaming the woods and swamps in many places in the past. I always wanted to see one though..

 

[cowhornedspike]

Beautiful snake. I've only seen one and that was while quail hunting in south Texas.

 

[TJay]

Pretty snake, I don't believe I've ever seen on in the wild.

 

[K80Shooter]

67 years for me and I have only saw one of them. They are rare in my part of the world.

 

[elfiii]

Pretty snake, I don't believe I've ever seen on in the wild.

Same here. They are a rare find indeed. That one is all the way growed up. Handsome snake.

 

[Core Lokt]

51 years and I've only seen one in the wild. Glad you grandson was doing as taught.

 

[Swamprat]

58 here and have only seen two after a lifetime of being in the woods and land surveying

 

[dirtnap]

We have a fair amount of them where we live, pretty snakes. We have no copperheads at all

 

[donblfihu]

Red touches yellow kill a fella!

 

[Nicodemus]

Coral snakes are an interesting critter with a lot of interesting and mysterious facts and fables. There`s also a lot more of them around, they`re as secretive as any snake we have.

Fair size snake, RR. Good picture.

 

[bullgator]

That’s a big one. My guess is your grandson will remember that encounter and tell the tale for the rest of his life.

 

[Railroader]

That’s a big one. My guess is your grandson will remember that encounter and tell the tale for the rest of his life.

I told him to take a long look, and burn it in good, because he will probably be an old man like me before he runs across another one...

 

[Nicodemus]

I told him to take a long look, and burn it in good, because he will probably be an old man like me before he runs across another one...

Have them study that picture from time to time. That`ll teach them to learn the shape and silhouette of the snake. Rhymes and typical coloration can`t be trusted to ID one. Remember too that they can and will strike like a pit viper, and they don`t have to hold on and chew to get whatever they are biting envenomated. The fangs are fixed and in the front of their mouth.

 

[crackerdave]

They use neurotoxin instead of hemotoxin. It paralizes its prey.
Not sure what they eat?