Red and Yellow Kill A Fellow, Red Touch Black Venom Lack..

I might add this is only good for North American Coral Snakes! (Two
Species found one in the South east and one in the South West Texas
area)

Dave


On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:23:57 -0600, johnrutz
wrote:



FBCS wrote:
But Rich, how do you know the difference (poisonous or not)? Joann

Most american poisonous snakes are pit vipers so thier heads are
"triangle shaped" wider at the back of the head than the body.
the exeption to this is the Coral snake which is red,black,and yellow
striped around the body(i cant remember the exact order of the stripes )
but they have to get ahold of you and chew to do anything usualy between
fingers as they are rather small.
non poisonous snakes the head and body are pretymuch the same size

hope this helps a bit


John Rutz
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