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I was cleaning around a job site on Friday and came up with a whole handful of colorful snake and a pair of pants full of, eh, nevermind.

Anyway, both are native to our area. I've read that few hospitals carry the antivenom though.

7/16/2006 1:08:32 AM

coral snake, which one is the poisonous one

7/16/2006 1:09:59 AM

The second one is a poisonous coral snake. It's suprisingly difficult to tell the difference when the sonambitch is wrapped around your hand.

7/16/2006 1:13:16 AM

I think look before you leap is an appropriate phrase for this situation

7/16/2006 1:19:43 AM

Was this in NC? If so, it almost certainly wasn't coral snake.

Btw, that pic is of some crazy Latin American coral snake.

Our coral snakes look more like this:

7/16/2006 1:35:34 AM

RED AND YELLOW KILL A FELLOW
RED AND BLACK, CANT DO JACK

7/16/2006 1:38:33 AM

antivenin

7/16/2006 9:09:09 AM

Yeah, we get coral snakes down here, too. I know there's the little "Red on Yellow kills a fellow" rhyme, but if I see something with red, yellow and blue bands, I'm not sticking around long enough to play the little rhyme. Their venom is actually quite potent and IIRC, they "chew" when they bite into you.

7/16/2006 10:57:45 AM

black not blue

7/16/2006 12:46:49 PM

Quote :

"Antivenom (or antivenin, or antivenene)"

hmm, I guess all are correct.

^^Yea, that was my opinion on the matter. I'm pretty sure it was a king though. Anyway, it got away from me and ran into the crawlspace of the house. I'm glad I don't have to crawl under there.

7/16/2006 1:39:57 PM

haha . . . i know a guy who is in hte HVAC business and has been crawling under other people's houses for years. he says the only time he ever came across a snake was when he was under his own houses. and apparently it was a pretty good sized snake too.

7/16/2006 2:13:38 PM

i thought NC only had 5 poisonous snakes

3 types of rattle snakes pigmy, diamondback, timber
copperheads
watter moccasions


ok so i just looked it up and there are coral snakes in NC but they are apparently rare. i have only seen copperheads here myself



[Edited on July 16, 2006 at 2:22 PM. Reason : .]

7/16/2006 2:15:09 PM

You're so lucky this thread isn't in chit chat....

7/16/2006 3:01:57 PM

honestly i dont really give a fuck what kind of snake it is, if i find that motherfucker i'm getting a stick and pickin its ass up crocodile hunter style

7/16/2006 3:19:07 PM

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" thought NC only had 5 poisonous snakes"

i'm pretty sure that there technically aren't any poisonous snakes in NC. The ones you listed are all Venomous.

If something is poisonous, the poison is spread throughout and you get the poision from coming in contact with it or from ingesting it. Something that is Venomous injects the venom into the thing.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/venomousnake.htm

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"Of the 37 species of snakes throughout North Carolina, only six are venomous: 1. Copperhead (found throughout NC) 2. Canebrake Rattlesnake (found throughout NC) 3. Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (found in southeastern NC) 4. Pigmy Rattlesnake (found in southeastern NC) 5. Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin (found in wetland areas in the eastern half of NC) 6. Coral Snake (the rarest, found in the south and southeastern areas of NC)"

another good guide:

http://www.naturalsciences.org/research/herpetology/Venomous_Snakes_of_NC.pdf

[Edited on July 16, 2006 at 3:48 PM. Reason : ]

7/16/2006 3:32:50 PM

With my job I get to remove copperheads from yards and crawl spaces. Monday was my first day and I almost put my hand on the copperhead we removed because I somehow didn't spot it with my flashlight before moving forward.

But yes, copperhead is the only one in the Triangle. If you want to see cottonmouth and rattlesnakes, go toward Fort Bragg. Had an internship out there one summer and constantly had to find detours around the cottonmouths.

[Edited on July 16, 2006 at 9:33 PM. Reason : ]

7/16/2006 9:32:04 PM

The one in your pants?

7/16/2006 9:53:37 PM

Was this snake on a motherfucking plane?

7/16/2006 9:55:24 PM

hahah nice

[Edited on July 16, 2006 at 10:05 PM. Reason : .]

7/16/2006 10:04:54 PM

^^Beat me too it.

7/16/2006 10:08:59 PM

damn you humandrive, I read through the entire thread not seeing anything referencing Snakes on a Plane hoping I would get to be the first! But alas! I have been foiled again!

7/17/2006 10:53:06 AM

red on black, venom lack
red on yellow can kill a fellow

7/17/2006 11:09:22 AM

cheesy rhyme i learned at camp

Red Black and Yellow--he's a good fellow

Red Yellow and Black--watch yo back!

[Edited on July 17, 2006 at 11:15 AM. Reason : ^ok you learned a different one...hmmmm...]

7/17/2006 11:13:25 AM