Two Coral Snakes in one month!

Esther · #1 08-28-2009, 07:21 PM

My husband killed a coral snake early one morning this month. He said it was a small snake.

Just now he killed another coral snake that was fairly small. I sure hope the mom and dad are not anywhere around.

I have kids coming next weekend.

pelathais · #2 08-28-2009, 07:46 PM

I killed a small rattler in my driveway a while back. Made me think that there had to be "grownups" around. Never found any sign. But I think the raccoons and skunks around here are like mongooses. Whenever they're around the snake numbers (all kinds of snake) go down.

We live pretty adjacent to a large State Park and get all types of critters. They finally built up the fencing to keep the deer off the road. But foxes and everything else get through. I've seen coyotes in the McDonald's parking lot several times.

Coral snakes though... that's a nasty bite.

GraceAmazing · #3 08-28-2009, 08:02 PM

And where do you live Esther???? I am petrified of snakes...yikes!!! I don't care how BIG or how SMALL!!! it's still a snake!!!

John Atkinson · #4 08-28-2009, 08:51 PM

I almost grabbed one when I was 8. My Great-grandma had a farm outside of Houston (It is Houston now, was country then, greens bayou area)

She had this gate with horse carvings on top, a coral snake was wrapped around one of the horses,my mom grabbed my arm as I was reaching for it.

Cookin-with-Stoneking · #5 08-28-2009, 09:28 PM

Circles---->Red touch Yellow-Kill a Fellow---->Coral Snake
Circles---->Red touch Black-Good for Jack----->King Snake

Esther · #6 08-28-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GraceAmazing

And where do you live Esther???? I am petrified of snakes...yikes!!! I don't care how BIG or how SMALL!!! it's still a snake!!!

Texas and I hate snakes also!

Esther · #7 08-28-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cookin-with-Stoneking

Circles---->Red touch Yellow-Kill a Fellow---->Coral Snake
Circles---->Red touch Black-Good for Jack----->King Snake

And they do look a lot alike.

GraceAmazing · #8 08-30-2009, 10:14 AM

Oh dear lord...seriously the thought of snakes makes me sick to my stomach....yuck! Thanks for the rhyme tho...might come in handy one day!

shag · #9 08-30-2009, 10:56 AM

I killed 2 snakes, 4 days ago. Both under brush piles. The 2nd one, I killed with a stick of wood. When I hit it, the guts shot me right in the right eye, no lie. Not on the eye, but IN the eye. It was pretty disgusting. (non-poisonous snake).

Couldnt help but to share that, when I saw the snake thread.

Esther · #10 08-30-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by shag

I killed 2 snakes, 4 days ago. Both under brush piles. The 2nd one, I killed with a stick of wood. When I hit it, the guts shot me right in the right eye, no lie. Not on the eye, but IN the eye. It was pretty disgusting. (non-poisonous snake).

Couldnt help but to share that, when I saw the snake thread.

Glad it wasn't poisonous.