Red on Yellow almost killed a fellow

[Belldozer1]

So I'm at my place this evening mowing my grass in shorts. I get done mowing and start weed eating. As I'm weed eating, minding my own business, all of a sudden this thing comes flying off of my weedeater and slaps me right in the leg. I never even saw him, I guess he stuck his head up out of my grass at the right moment and got caught in my weedeater. Now, I've probably come across 7 or 8 of them in my lifetime and due their inability to strike and bite like a rattlesnake etc., I'm not too concerned when I see them but I'll be honest I about crapped all over myself when he hit my leg. I believe I may have screamed. He was only about a foot long, pretty small one.

 

[bschroed21]

Had a coral snake crawl over my leg while turkey hunting this year. Not much of a threat unless you sit there and let them chew on you. Now, had a rattler in my flower bed while watering plants in my flip flops the other night. That had me shaking a bit. So thankful I saw him before I stepped over him. He gone.

 

[TX1972]

I'm trying to get a coral snake hatband made. If you kill another one, I'll buy it.

 

[Belldozer1]

I'm trying to get a coral snake hatband made. If you kill another one, I'll buy it.

I wish I would have known I’ve killed 2 this year. I’ll keep my eyes peeled. No charge although I’m assuming you have to preserve the skin pretty quickly?

 

[2300 Nueces]

While visiting some friends in Roger's Ranch in SA, I found one in their playground equipment as the kids were playing.

 

[Belldozer1]

While visiting some friends in Roger's Ranch in SA, I found one in their playground equipment as the kids were playing.

If you look at their head, it’s so small it’s got to be very difficult for them to get ahold of you and chew on you but just the potential is enough to make m get rid of them if I see them. I will say the ones I’ve encountered don’t ever strike or anything that I recall

 

[clob94]

Things more likely to kill you than coral snakes---

Meteors
Falling airplane debris
Bullet ants
Choking on a violin
Sex with pack mules
Being smote by Zeus

There hasn't been a death cause by a coral snake in well over fifty years and if you look at the Western Coral snake, there has never in human history been a recorded death caused by one of those.

 

[bschroed21]

Here’s the one that should have stayed under the leaves while I was calling turkeys under an oak tree this spring.

 

[bschroed21]

Dang, the picture didn’t post. Hmmmmm.

 

[Belldozer1]

I'm trying to get a coral snake hatband made. If you kill another one, I'll buy it.

I'm thinking we could sew a few of these together and make you a belt to go along with your coral snake hatband.

 

[oldhorn2]

Let me give you city boys a bit of a scare(lesson). A coral snake does not have to chew on you. If you can take your thumb and forefinger finger to your arm or leg and pinch it,then a coral snake could bite and inject venom in the same place. They are jealous of their venom and almost st totally unlikely to bite something too big to swallow.

Now carry on...

 

[clob94]

Let me give you city boys a bit of a scare(lesson). A coral snake does not have to chew on you. If you can take your thumb and forefinger finger to your arm or leg and pinch it,then a coral snake could bite and inject venom in the same place. They are jealous of their venom and almost st totally unlikely to bite something too big to swallow.

Now carry on...

Jealous? Like pinche?

 

[oldhorn2]

Impressive Clob....but no....jealous like they dont want to waste it.

I have given this some study and have decided like Townes Van Zandt wrote in Pancho and Lefty, that snake didnt bite Bell "out of kindness I suppose"

 

[oldhorn2]

Hey Bell.....and another thing...when you are weed eating around your house next time, be careful around the tires. That hot rubber seems to attract varmints of all types.

 

[Belldozer1]

Hey Bell.....and another thing...when you are weed eating around your house next time, be careful around the tires. That hot rubber seems to attract varmints of all types.

Maybe I shouldn’t wear shorts and boots to weed eat in either buts it’s so dang hot and I’d been in my pool so I just started mowing in the same attire. And yes I wear boots in the pool because I have scorpions, doesn’t everyone?

 

[oldhorn2]

sounds reasonable to me....we may have more in common than I would have thought.

 

[Metcalf #2]

Hey Bell.....and another thing...when you are weed eating around your house next time, be careful around the tires. That hot rubber seems to attract varmints of all types.

Around the tires. Lol. Now that shit was funny. Good one oldhorn.

 

[Son of Wasatch]

I'm thinking we could sew a few of these together and make you a belt to go along with your coral snake hatband.

As a Oklahoma guy I'm guessing that if you want to make a belt out of it, then you would need about 10 of them.

 

[Texas008]

So I'm at my place this evening mowing my grass in shorts. I get done mowing and start weed eating. As I'm weed eating, minding my own business, all of a sudden this thing comes flying off of my weedeater and slaps me right in the leg. I never even saw him, I guess he stuck his head up out of my grass at the right moment and got caught in my weedeater. Now, I've probably come across 7 or 8 of them in my lifetime and due their inability to strike and bite like a rattlesnake etc., I'm not too concerned when I see them but I'll be honest I about crapped all over myself when he hit my leg. I believe I may have screamed. He was only about a foot long, pretty small one.

Red & Black venom lack, but Red & Yellow kill a fellow. Unlike the three other poisonous snakes in the USA, whose poison is a hemotoxin , their poison is a neurotoxin (attacks the nervous system, a la our friend, the cobra.)

 

[Son of Wasatch]

Red on Black, Safe for Jack
Red on Yellow, kill a fellow

My favorite
Reptile with no legs, gets shot today. No confusion

 

[clob94]

Red on Black, Safe for Jack
Red on Yellow, kill a fellow

My favorite
Reptile with no legs, gets shot today. No confusion

I subscribe to this channel.

 

[ArchDawg]

So I'm at my place this evening mowing my grass in shorts. I get done mowing and start weed eating. As I'm weed eating, minding my own business, all of a sudden this thing comes flying off of my weedeater and slaps me right in the leg. I never even saw him, I guess he stuck his head up out of my grass at the right moment and got caught in my weedeater. Now, I've probably come across 7 or 8 of them in my lifetime and due their inability to strike and bite like a rattlesnake etc., I'm not too concerned when I see them but I'll be honest I about crapped all over myself when he hit my leg. I believe I may have screamed. He was only about a foot long, pretty small one.

Where do you live? Those are only near the ocean, no?

 

[ArchDawg]

I'm trying to get a coral snake hatband made. If you kill another one, I'll buy it.

What will your story be though?

 

[LonghornMM]

Where do you live? Those are only near the ocean, no?

Coral snakes are found in southern states. Not near the ocean.

 

[Belldozer1]

Where do you live? Those are only near the ocean, no?

I live in a trailer park so they must be attracted to low rent areas, utter filth and ladies of the night

 

[oldhorn2]

more likely attracted to tires and such

 

[Belldozer1]

more likely attracted to tires and such

perhaps, I was just trying to cover the whole gamut of possibilities

 

[DrinkToIt]

Things more likely to kill you than coral snakes---

Meteors
Falling airplane debris
Bullet ants
Choking on a violin
Sex with pack mules
Being smote by Zeus

There hasn't been a death cause by a coral snake in well over fifty years and if you look at the Western Coral snake, there has never in human history been a recorded death caused by one of those.

Please explain death by choking on violin.

 

[Okie70]

Looking for a refuge from San Francisco and snapcrap. But don't like snakes. So I guess Texas is out. Austin sure a cool place though. But looks like it wants to start importing California homeless.

 

[ArchDawg]

Looking for a refuge from San Francisco and snapcrap. But don't like snakes. So I guess Texas is out. Austin sure a cool place though. But looks like it wants to start importing California homeless.

Hard to find snakes in metro Atl unless you really want to find one. Unless you have a creek or pond in your backyard, you probably won’t see any here.

 

[oldhorn2]

I would be WAY more afraid of California politicians than I ever would be of snakes in Texas

 

[clob94]

Please explain death by choking on violin.

This one time...... At band camp....

 

[Okie70]

Oldhorn, the Cal. politicians have been ruining California since the early days of Jerry Brown - 1974. Still not destroyed yet but getting closer. Oregon and Washington looking good. Not as hot as Austin and no snakes I know of.