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He chose me.....just didnt have the heart to kick him out....
 

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Ah... Rick... Check your snake manual closely....The deadly coral snake looks remarkably similar the the scarlet king snake. Me thinks you got a coral...BUT I'm just a dumb Okie from Georgia.

Is it "yellow followed by black will kill jack" or is it "black followed by yellow" befriend the fellow.

I THINK YOU ARE PLAYING WITH THE DEADLIEST SNAKE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE!

If you don't respond, I guess we will know.
 
Another way to remember coral vs. king----The coral snake has the black on the end of the head while the king has red.
 
They are a good pet but being wild you need to wash your haeds after handling. Snakes can carry salmonella. Pet turtles are the worst offenders. Hunderds of kids a year get it from there pets.
I have a albino nelsons milk snake that looks like this one.
http://leapinglizardland.com/images/albinonelsonsmilk1.jpg
Milk and king are in the same family. People that dont like snakes should like milk and kings. They got the name king because they eat other snakes in the wild.
 
To be honest, a coral snake bite is pretty rare. Only about 20-30 occur each year. But those 20-30 are in for a pretty rude awakening - the stockpile of anti-venom for coral snakes is set to expire this year and no one else is making it. Which means those people who do get bit and those bites have venom injected, likely will die from the bite. Another thing to note - unlike a rattlesnake, a coral snake's fangs are relatively short and cannot penetrate leather boots. The snake itself typically will flee from an encounter with a human, and if it does bite, they say roughly 25% of the bites are "dry bites". The venom is more toxic than rattlesnake venom though and causes the victim's muscle system to stop operating correctly.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/snakebites-about-to-get-more-deadly
 
I think corals and kings, and a lot of other snakes are stunningly colored. I like to see them in the wild, where they belong.
 
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