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This little critter showed up after sundown on Friday night. I have never seen a Arizona Coral snake in the "wild" before, however plenty of pit vipers.
This little guy was spared and allowed to slip away unharmed. Very small as you can see the 1"- rock /gravel around the shop grounds.
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firestopper said:
This little critter showed up after sundown on Friday night. I have never seen a Arizona Coral snake in the "wild" before, however plenty of pit vipers.
This little guy was spared and allowed to slip away unharmed. Very small as you can see the 1"- rock /gravel around the shop grounds.
"red on yellow, kills a fellow".View attachment 109212
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I caught n of those for a customer. The wife and nanny were trying to kill it with a broom. I caught it and released it into the desert. Their colors are truly stunning. That looks like a baby which means there are others around.
 
firestopper said:
This little critter showed up after sundown on Friday night. I have never seen a Arizona Coral snake in the "wild" before, however plenty of pit vipers.
This little guy was spared and allowed to slip away unharmed. Very small as you can see the 1"- rock /gravel around the shop grounds.
"red on yellow, kills a fellow".View attachment 109212
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The only problem there is I don't see any yellow, just white. Deadly rhyme if it allows misunderstandings.
 
uncle harry said:
You too....I especially appreciate the groundhogs that burrowed next one of the poles in my shed. They lowered the pole twice now & I have to jack up the header again. The coons, on the other hand, like to invade the crawl space under my 1888 farm house. Time to eradicate again.
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Ive been battleing the ground hogs and found if you dump the old fashion moth balls in there hole and cover it up, they vacate asap!!!
 
brav65 said:
Growing up on the farm in NH we had woodchucks and porcupines both of which were kill on site critters. On day I was trimming weeds along the fence line and a woodchuck popped up right in front of me. I grabbed a stick and sent it to the great prairie in the sky. Then 3 little ones came out as well. I felt bad about dispatching them, but our cows would break their legs stepping in their holes. It had to be done.

One summer the town fathers announced a $2 bounty on porcupines so my brother and I (age 7) decided to make some cash. The next town meeting we walked in with two bags filled with porcupines. The town fathers changed the proof of kill from whole carcass to nose after they had to get rid of 15 dead porcupines :D
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both are tasty if you know how to cook em up, this way its not wasted meat....
 
Mike Nash said:
The only problem there is I don't see any yellow, just white. Deadly rhyme if it allows misunderstandings.
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I suspect the bright LED (blueish) flashlight had something to do with washing down the yellow.
 
firestopper said:
I suspect the bright LED (blueish) flashlight had something to do with washing down the yellow.
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Oh yeah, I see that now.

But I did google images of coral snakes and found quite a few that looked more white than yellow. I also found some completely useless drawings purporting to help distinguish them that I could not make heads or tails of. :dunno:
 
My Neighbor runs a wedding / event center behind our place in the mountains She shared a pic of a black bear eating the wedding today.
 
Visit Australia.
If the salt water crocs dont get you the sharks will, if the sharks dont get you box jellies will, if the box jellies dont get you the cone shells will, if the cone shells dont get you the blue ring octopus will, if they dont get you the snakes will, if the snakes dont get you the spiders will. Other than that have a pleasant day
 
We spent two weeks in Australia back in 99, I was amazed so many venomous critters are found there.
 
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