Ain't she a beaut!

[RattlesnakeDan]

Caught a large Coral snake while hog hunting last night, these are the deadliest snake in America so leave this to a professional...do not try this at home. Unless you want to...then it's fine.

 

[Oso Grande]

A buddy just found one in his garage last week. Y'all are both nuts, I'd be squealing like one of your trapped pigs and trying to run the other direction likely hurting myself in the process.....

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

I had to work harder for mine....saw it crossing the road, had to bail out of the truck and grap a stick to pin it down then figure out which end was the head in the weeds so I could grab the tail...they are sneaky that way. I threw him in the cooler on ice so he would be shut down when I got home to handle him.

 

[Chopperdrvr]

That is a big one there. I found two in one week year before last. They were the first I have seen in my life, and I have spent a lot of time outdoors.

 

[Ratdog68]

Snakes are great... behind glass. Homie don't like snakes with nuttin' between us.

 

[FrankT]

Now I don't like him like the piglet bad snakes are just that bad

 

[Curly Shuffle]

Way nice Dan, be careful with those things. Never seen one in the wild and hope I don't. They are some kind of neat with those the colors!

 

[djones]

... grab a stick to pin it down then figure out which end was the head ...

solution: blow both ends off

...I'd be squealing like one of your trapped pigs and trying to run the other direction likely hurting myself in the process.....

being new here, i was wondering what that roll of toilet paper was for

 

[Chopperdrvr]

"Deadliest snake in America " is misleading. Although it's venom is highly toxic, fatal bites are so rare, the only supplier of anti-venom quit making it. Rattlesnakes probably account for more deaths than any other poisonous snake in America.

 

[Curly Shuffle]

Dan,, is that going to be a hat band??

 

[scrmblr1982cj8]

What does one do with a coral snake?

 

[Oso Grande]

What does one do with a coral snake?

Besides make it headless?

Beats me.....

 

[Drift]

Feed em to hogs, they eat them.

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

What does one do with a coral snake?

The options are endless really.....

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

Dang it Chopper...you're taking all the wind out of my sails! You are supposed to tell tales of the ferociousness in the field.

 

[EGarza04]

"Deadliest snake in America " is misleading. Although it's venom is highly toxic, fatal bites are so rare, the only supplier of anti-venom quit making it. Rattlesnakes probably account for more deaths than any other poisonous snake in America.

And the reason for this is that a coral snake literally has to gnaw on you for a bit before the fans get to you. Unlike other venomous snakes the coral snake has is its fangs at the rear of it's its mouth.

Most bites that lead to death are in the webbing between the thumb and forefinger or other places that leave an area for it to bite that is narrow enough for it to get the fangs onto the skin.

They have neurotoxin that attacks the neuro system instead of hemotoxin that directly attacks the blood like most other venomous snakes.

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

I hear their toxin is similar to a King Cobra.

 

[Jake]

And the reason for this is that a coral snake literally has to gnaw on you for a bit before the fans get to you. Unlike other venomous snakes the coral snake has is its fangs at the rear of it's its mouth.

Most bites that lead to death are in the webbing between the thumb and forefinger or other places that leave an area for it to bite that is narrow enough for it to get the fangs onto the skin.

They have neurotoxin that attacks the neuro system instead of hemotoxin that directly attacks the blood like most other venomous snakes.

Dr. Baskin taught you well!

 

[EGarza04]

Yes it is similar. Both have neurotoxins. My post earlier was for snakes found in Texas... sorry, my world usually defaults to Texas.

 

[Ratdog68]

I've heard tale of King Cobras being found in the wild in Florida... after hurricanes, pet shops losing them, as well as knuckleheads turning them loose.