First Snake of the year

[big bubba]

amazed at how much fuss grown men make over a snake. if it's venomous in your immediate living compound w/wife & children or grand children, sure kill it. but never understood the compulsion to kill them just because they are a snake. i find the attitude toward coyotes are the same. guess it's a guy thing i must have missed out in life....btw venom has many uses in medicine...but my attitude is among the minority, so i'll just play the devil's advocate. my feeling is that if something is not directly threatening you, just leave it alone.

 

[aginn]

No poisonous snakes in western Oregon, and rarely any spiders. Reading about the adventures of you guys in Texas and Florida is akin to watching a horror movie for me. Can't step off the paved road, can't pick up anything laying out in the field, gotta be on full alert walking around the property. Yikes! If I lived there I would be wearing steel socks and gloves.

You would be wise to watch out a bit for the brown recluse.
Contrary to popular belief, they are here and becoming more common each year.

My brother-in-law's brother died due to complications from an amputated arm caused by a recluse bite.
He was bitten under a house while doing plumbing work in Benton County.

 

[Gafn]

amazed at how much fuss grown men make over a snake. if it's venomous in your immediate living space w/wife & children or grand children, sure kill it. but never understood the compulsion to kill them just because they are a snake. i find the attitude toward coyotes among guys are the same. guess it's a guy thing i must have missed out in life....btw venom has many uses in medicine...but my attitude is among the minority, so i'll just play the devil's advocate. my feeling is that if something is not directly threatening you, just leave it alone.

Have you ever been bitten? I have, and it is not a fun experience.... so in my opinion, and on my farm - all poisonous snakes die upon sight, and that means a few of the non-poisonous get killed before being identified.... Nature will make more of them...

Coyotes.... DO you like deer and small game? Are you a hunter? Well coyotes will take a newborn fawn without hesitation, and there is not much momma deer can do about it. So we hunt the yote to keep their population in check, so that we can have deer to hunt and a manage renewable source of food.

 

[PILOON]

Well, here in Quebec the most ferocious snake is a garter snake.

But then even those give me the heeby jeebies. Just don't like snakes.
As a teen I had nightmares always with snakes as the main subject, generally scaffolds with snakes intertwined in all layers.
Never knew the outcome as usually I would wake up as soon as the scaffolds were fully intertwined.

 

[JRobyn]

You would be wise to watch out a bit for the brown recluse.
Contrary to popular belief, they are here and becoming more common each year.

My brother-in-law's brother died due to complications from an amputated arm caused by a recluse bite.
He was bitten under a house while doing plumbing work in Benton County.

Cousin in Washington (Silver Point) nearly lost his right arm after a Recluse bite on his elbow. They can be VERY dangerous!

- Jay

 

[yanmars]

I am not sure if it is a copperhead, looks more like a no head.
Additionally I always thought the coral snake was one of the most venomous snakes there is, there is another non-venomous snake that looks like a coral snake. Colors in a different pattern .

 

[Looking4new]

Additionally I always thought the coral snake was one of the most venomous snakes there is, there is another non-venomous snake that looks like a coral snake. Colors in a different pattern .

For the American coral snake;
Red next to yellow kill a fellow. ( coral snake )
Red next to black friend of Jack ( king snake )

 

[txdon]

Her is a pic of my yard coral snake. It is in the process of shedding it's skin this spring. It is very poisonous but not aggressive like a copperhead. I like coral snakes because I have seen one eating a copperhead.

 

[big bubba]

Her is a pic of my yard coral snake. It is in the process of shedding it's skin this spring. It is very poisonous but not aggressive like a copperhead. I like coral snakes because I have seen one eating a copperhead.

very interesting info. didn't realize they predated on other snakes like the king snake. have read although very poisonous, their heads are very small and they almost chew their prey. to a human, this means between the fingers or toes. never encountered one....thx for the info & image.

 

[Looking4new]

I heard that Coral snakes like to live in old wood piles. I don't have any first hand experience, but a friend in Florida whose place I was helping to clean up about 40 years ago told me.