Eastern Coral

The second eastern coral snake I've encountered in less than a year. I don't see them often so it's always a treat. Lovely little elapids.

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Gorgeous animal.

You are MUCH braver then I am though!

I wouldn't go near that thing! :)

very nice. so cool. what's the old saying - red to black, venom is wack; red to yellow, whatta good look' fellow (but don't touch!).

how close did u get BTW? i'm sure u didn't get too close w/ a camera phone.

Coral snakes have a very small mouth...you'd have to really "work at it" to get bit, IMO. I'd be right there admiring it too. :D Beautiful snakes.

The saying as I've heard it is: red touching black is a friend to Jack, red touching yellow can kill a fellow... :snake:
(unless it's an exception like my harmless tricolor Texas longnose snake, lol)

Beautiful. I was fortunate to see one once at Wakiva Springs Park near Apopka a few years back. They are really pretty in person.

Thanks for sharing, the other day I was out trying to get in some exercise. And I seen a female red eared slider. Wish I would of seen a snake but I’ll take it. Let me see if I can clean up the picture to share.

You have to really tick one of these snakes off to get it to bite you. They're simply not defensive strikers so unless you're harassing the bejesus out of one, you've got few worries. I've relocated a couple and it's usually a toss up as to whether they're chill or spastic - doesn't seem to be much middle ground. The one above seemed pretty ok with me getting in its face for a few pictures but you can see it starting to flatten out in the last shot. My friendly little reminder of "fire, hot", so we ended the session as I wouldn't want to unduly stress the animal.

Wow, what a find!!!:)

So beautiful!

I love Coral snakes. I kept 2 males for years, one of them had 8.5 years, the last one died August 3, had him 11 years 9 months. Was lucky, they accepted several types of prey, last one would eat 6 to 10 F/T pinky mice at a time...Beautiful snakes..

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Nice photo of a awesome looking eastern coral.

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I love Coral snakes. I kept 2 males for years, one of them had 8.5 years, the last one died August 3, had him 11 years 9 months. Was lucky, they accepted several types of prey, last one would eat 6 to 10 F/T pinky mice at a time...Beautiful snakes..

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That's a lot of pinkies in one sitting!

They have a pretty fast metabolism for small snakes. Or was my experience. Only snakes I ever kept, that would eat every week of the year..even in winter months...Before I got into pythons, the last 3 years, only kept native Southeastern venomous. When the pit wipers would shut down for winter, the Corals would continue feeding...Some of my absolute favorite snakes...

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Pit vipers, not wipers...lol...auto correct...

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Did any of you saw the news about a Texas woman picking one of those up and getting bit ?

She found her cat playing with one. Made pictures and posted them on Facebook. Several people mistakenly identified the Coral as a King snake and told her to pick it up and relocate it.

She did pick it up (made another pic) and ultimately got bit. Thankfully SOME of the Facebook people did identify the snake correctly and the woman went to get medical help.

The woman, the cat and even the snake are ok. But that just goes to show, don't rely on social media in a case such as that. That could have ended badly. A guy not to far from here got bit by one recently, and he ended up paralyzed. Whether he regained the use of his legs, I do not know, but its never a good idea to under estimate those little snakes. They aren't aggressive, they have a small mouth, but they sure can bite if provoked.
Many people around here think they are rear fanged and have to "chew" to deliver venom. Not true..

Love the pictures. They sure are beautiful snakes.