water moccassin at my front door!

[Lake Eastern]

There was a Scarlet Kingsnake on my street last night. We were freaked out because at first we thought it was a Coral Snake which is wickedly poisonous. He was in the grass right in front of the house where our kids play daily. But it was just the look alike Scarlet. Thx to my Iphone we were able to quickly ID him.

So I'll share a little fact and rhyme I learned.

"If red meets yellow he's a poisonous fellow."

The one we saw had stripes of red, black and yellow but all of the yellow was surrounded by black. That makes him the Scarlet Kingsnake. If he had the same colors but the pattern had the red and yellow stripes next to each other then YIKES- Coral Snake.

I love to learn the variations of adages. Walton Co Judge Joe Dan Trotman used to tell us that "Red touches black, venom lacks" "red touches yellow, can kill a fellow" when we would be in the pastures with the ponies as children.

 

[DuneLaker]

The variation I heard was "Red and Yellow, Kill a Fellow." "Red and Black, Friend of Jack."

 

[scooterbug44]

I prefer "snake in the yard, stay inside and drink hard."

 

[Lake View Too]

I prefer "snake in the yard, stay inside and drink hard."

 

[LowProfiling]

I prefer "snake in the yard, stay inside and drink hard."

...yeah that was good!!!