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Re: NFC: Re: Garter Snakes
The rule is red touch yellow kill a fellow :)
Or any Black head coul mean your dead...
RR
. Suddenly the "Red
> next to
> yellow, your a dead fellow" got confused with "Red next to black,
> your a
> dead jack!" It was two feet long, longer than I thought coral
> snakes could
> get so I cought it. This snake was GEORGOUS! Most amazing color
> I've ever
> seen. I was so hopeful it was a milk snake...one, so I could get
> away with
> keeping it in the house, and two, I had about a two mile walk ahead
> of me
> otherwise holding the most venomous snake in North America.
>
> Long story short...it ended up being a coral snake...even though the
> wife in
> her terror was actually awestruck by the beauty of such a "beast,"
> it was a
> big no-go for keeping it. Turns out they're almost impossible to
> keep alive
> anyway. They only eat skinks and a few salamanders I guess. If
> you've ever
> tried to catch a skink you realize how likely it was that this baby
> would
> end up starving to death anyway :)
>
> Larry
>