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Old 04-15-2013, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by bluedog103 View Post
Anyone else remember the saying "red on yellow kills a fellow, red on black poison lack"? Some learn it as "red on black, friend of Jack". This is how we learned to identify a coral snake, which has a red band adjacent to a yellow band. Still good to know.
Similar....Red next to black is a friend of Jack,, red next to yellow will kill a fellow.