Critters ...

That's really great ! The only visitors we get are anti-social alligators. :>)
 
It seems that 10 of the worlds 12 most venomous critters live here.
Maybe thats why we're a weird mob (literary reference):beer:
 
Mike Nash said:
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:
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The rhyme is useful mainly to distinguish between the hazardous coral snake and the harmless king snake. The latter also has red, yellow and black stripes, but in a different pattern. Use the rhyme as a mnemonic to (1) prevent needless fright when seeing one, and (2) prevent needless slaughter of the harmless variety. The attached image of a king snake is from the Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsnake
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PS - quoting from the Wikipedia article: "Coral snakes found in other parts of the world can have distinctly different patterns, have red bands touching black bands, have only pink and blue banding, or have no banding at all."
 
Great to see all those critters guys, I live in the outskirts of the town , All we have is Mr fox, and a couple of years ago we had two badgers, I kept quite about them, as the "Low LIfeScum" catch them to bait with dogs which is appalling , & if they are caught there is a severe penalty, In my estimation not severe enough, My rather ferocious "Guard Cat" an ex stray who does not have a great sense of humour sometimes sends the young fox packing, I miss living out in the country .
When critters come around it is a gift from God.
 
The coral snake head is black to just behind its eyes and the bands go all the way around to include the bottom (belly). I have caught king snakes around the property only to show my son the differences between them (many years back). Many black and yellow, I only found one like hman posted some time ago.
I also have had Gila monsters on the property as well. I really don't mess with those either, nasty biters.
 
The best critter dispatcher I have is a CZ-452 topped with a Leupold "shotgun" scope. Groundhogs are all over the place here in eastern Ohio for some reason.
Eight in one day is my record.
 
I was cleaning the head at work and came across this little guy. The small tiles are 1"sq, so you can figure its around 6-8" long. A baby Gila monster, funny, I recently posted about one and them BAM! It's been years since I last saw one let alone evicting it from the firehouse. I used a dust pan to scoop it up for relocation. Recent rains and the fact that the bay doors remains open more than required allowed ingress. My brothers acted like little girls as we past the dayroom..... Damn sissies! IMAG0212.jpg
 
Just for all you guys freezing your unmentionables off.
We now know summer is here, temperatures above 88'F and the Rainbow lorikeets are stealing all our mangoes.
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