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re: Coral snake, right?
Posted on 11/8/23 at 9:10 am to Chad504boy
Posted on 11/8/23 at 9:10 am to Chad504boy
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why you not pew pew pew?
If he was around camp I would have. He was in a pretty remote area. I didn't see a reason to kill him.
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Posted on 11/8/23 at 9:43 am to deeprig9
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Although they are the only neurotoxin snake in North America
There are timber rattlesnakes with a neurotoxin as well.
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they don't have pit viper fangs so they can't deliver much of it in a strike, you have to be fricking around with it at a level 10 to find out about it. Or so I've read.
This is true. And also why I believe they quit making the antivenom. It's very expensive, and you basically have to be in a coma to actually get a serious dose of venom. I can't remember how long it's been exactly, but there hasn't been a Coral snake bite victim in quite some time.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 11:31 am to UpToPar
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If he was around camp I would have. He was in a pretty remote area. I didn't see a reason to kill him.
Good man. The chances of getting bit by a coral snake are miniscule at best.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:54 pm to UpToPar
Ole Bama baw picked one up a few years ago and was paralyzed and fighting for his life. Never saw if he made it.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 4:08 pm to AUCE05
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Ole Bama baw picked one up a few years ago and was paralyzed and fighting for his life. Never saw if he made it.
Was he the guy who had it in his jacket pocket and it kept biting him over and over when he would put his hand in there? I remember reading a story about one of the few who died from a coral snake bite and it was something along those lines plus not going for help after being bitten thinking it was no big deal.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 4:35 pm to UpToPar
I had the pleasure of seeing one in the forest in east Texas. Much smaller than the op but they are really pretty snakes. After seeing the snake, the mouth looked like the size of a garden snake.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 4:42 pm to Cowboyfan89
I do t know what the downvotes are for, there are pockets of Timber Rattlesnakes that have neurotoxic venoms. It’s actually one of three rattlesnakes species that have such venom. The Mojave and Sonoran Rattlesnakes are the other two.
But the Timbers are fascinating because it’s a rapid evolutionary shift in venom type.
But the Timbers are fascinating because it’s a rapid evolutionary shift in venom type.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 4:52 pm to WhiskeyThrottle
I also,saw one in the Sabine National Forest in East Texas. I thought it was rather large for a Coral, maybe 2’ long, and very slender. The pic in the OP looks to be even longer than that. I believe that was the only one I ever saw.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 4:54 pm to Cowboyfan89
quote:there was one near dequincy or deridder a few years back.
I can't remember how long it's been exactly, but there hasn't been a Coral snake bite victim in quite some time.
I found one in st tammany parish in 1975. Thought it was a king snake. kept it for a few days.
everyone I know that has found them has been looking for them or other snakes under stuff and IN SANDY soil.
NAS cecil field if you looked you could find them found 2 in a 3 week period turkey hunting - i didnt keep them.
here is alink 2005 LINK
This post was edited on 11/8/23 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 11/8/23 at 5:28 pm to UpToPar
I seen two in my life.
You basically have to be holding them and they have to bite you around some loose skin such as the area between your fingers.
You basically have to be holding them and they have to bite you around some loose skin such as the area between your fingers.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 7:02 pm to johnnyrocket
Had them at our hunting lease near Belmont, Tx. Saw a couple. Neighbors wife got bit by one and they flew her from the Sequin Hospital to San Antonio Hospital. After they gave her anti-venom she had a heart attack, She told us this around a campfire. Cost around &180,000 in medical bills. Bad azz snakes!
Posted on 11/8/23 at 7:15 pm to Canon951
For a while back then, I couldn’t remember how that saying went. I came up with -
Red by black - better get back
Red by yellow - jolly good fellow.
My friend (in East Texas, again) set me straight, thank goodness.
Red by black - venom lack
Red by yellow - kill a fellow.
Just glad it never came to that.
Red by black - better get back
Red by yellow - jolly good fellow.
My friend (in East Texas, again) set me straight, thank goodness.
Red by black - venom lack
Red by yellow - kill a fellow.
Just glad it never came to that.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 9:47 pm to UpToPar
Yep, I’ve seen 4 in the 2 years since we bought property west of Tomball, and about 15 copperheads in that same span. I saw a big king snake earlier today, only the second one of those I’ve seen unfortunately.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 10:27 pm to Cowboyfan89
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but there hasn't been a Coral snake bite victim in quite some time.
A few years ago some fool in SW Alabama picked one up to show his kids and got bit. As I recall, he thought it was harmless. He damn near died.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 10:41 pm to dstone12
Been snake ketchin’ for 52 of my 57 years on this planet and never seen a coral. Never really been in any areas where they are common, aside from my Florida trip earlier this year (and struck out there). If I ever run across one, it’s a certainty that I won’t be able to resist the urge to pick it up. 
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:29 am to UpToPar
Black on red will kill you dead
Black on yellow is a harmless fellow.
I'm colorblind so none of it makes sense anyway.
Black on yellow is a harmless fellow.
I'm colorblind so none of it makes sense anyway.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:44 am to Funky Tide 8
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The chances of getting bit by a coral snake are miniscule at best.
My concern on my property is for my dogs, my family all know not to mess with them, but to the dogs they look like a fun toy.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 9:04 am to Xhero
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Red & yellow kill a fellow
Red touch yellow, kill a fellow.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 10:23 am to Big L
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They are everywhere near my house in west Houston. I’ve probably my seen 5 or 6 this year. I have seen more if them than moccasins and we live on a small bayou.
We killed 4 of these between me and my immediate neighbors to our left and right within the first 2 years of living in SW Houston/Missouri City. Killed them all because all of our kids were really young at the time and wanted to eliminate the risk of them grabbing the pretty snake. I also had one crawl over my boot while bow hunting in a ground blind just south of Bay City, TX. That was startling. I just happened to look down at my phone to check football scores and saw movement below. All I had were arrows with rage broadheads so I just let him be and he slithered right on out.
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