[Mamaderby]

Gators, coyotes, panthers, Bobcats, bears, owls, interesting snakes, .... We are in Florida....can't we all just get along? Except RATS.......I hate rats!

[Northwoods]

Where exactly did you see the snake? In the Village of Lake Deaton? If so... where?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by rubicon

You people actually stick around long enough to try an identify the type of snake you happened upon

I'm with you!

[alemorkam]

Snake was down by the public boat ramp at Lake Deaton

[Nucky]

I looked it up in the snake department of Barnes & Noble...it called a Movemyfatbuttlikeasprinter snake.

[Steve9930]

Originally Posted by Mamaderby

Gators, coyotes, panthers, Bobcats, bears, owls, interesting snakes, .... We are in Florida....can't we all just get along? Except RATS.......I hate rats!

You left out Scorpions, and all 4 types of Black Widow spiders...

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

Red and yellow kills a fellow
Red and black is a friend of jack.

One is cobra, the other is king snake.

Red and yellow kills a fellow, red and black venom lack...........The poison one is a coral snake...............no cobras in the U.S. If red and black touch each other it is a harmless king snake. The coral snake is related to the Cobra since they both have venom that attacks the nerves as opposed to muscles of vipers. The one in the photo is a coral snake, one of the worst. They though are not aggressive and have their fangs in the rear of the mouth and chew rather than strike with front fangs.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by bluedog103

Your version is very similar to the version we learned many, many years ago in elementary school to identify a coral snake"

Red on yellow kills a fellow
Red on black, poison lack.

Either way, this is a lifesaver.

Either way, at least our woman are safe.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Steve9930

You left out Scorpions, and all 4 types of Black Widow spiders...

I'll break it down. You got your:
Passive Behavior Black Widows
Aggressive Behavior Black Widows
Passive-Aggressive Behavior Black Widows
Assertive Behavior Black Widows

Scorpions are all men.

[sunglow]

Originally Posted by alemorkam

I almost stepped on this snake and then was able to get some photos of it. It has been identified as a coral snake. The people who identified it said to remember that "a black nose on a snake means it is deadly". I saw this snake down by Lake Deaton.

Click on snake to enlarge.

We had one in our front yard. My husband took a video of it. We have ground cover in our yard and now I'm afaid to walk in it.

[jblum315]

Yes I think it is a coral snake. We had them in Miami

[OCsun]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Either way, at least our woman are safe.

[NotGolfer]

As an aside to this post....was driving past the new golf course just south of 466a the other day. It's the one by Moyer and the EMT garage. I saw 3 or 4 golfers (clubs in hand) walking through the tall grass---apparently looking for a ball. There have been warnings about doing this due to the rattlers, coral snakes etc. Hate to see someone get bit and have to deal with the consequences.