Forums46
Topics537,970
Posts9,731,199
Members87,051
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740147
04/19/17 10:19 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,052
glocker17
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,052 |
Lots of those in Cameron County, I have seen many around bayview.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740184
04/19/17 11:01 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,833
sparrish8
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,833 |
We find them pretty often around houston since we do landscaping, biggest we found was 3' by lake livingston we didnt mess with him
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740446
04/20/17 02:55 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,656
heredeer
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,656 |
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740463
04/20/17 03:15 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 6,183
Mike Honcho
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 6,183 |
I always thought it would make a beautiful inlay in a hatband. Only seen 1 in the wild. In San Antonio at my brother in laws folks at Christmas this year. They are against salado creek. It wasn't aggressive at all, but because of lil ones playing around and dogs, it didn't get a pass.
“Two things that define an individual what you do when you have everything, and what you do when you have nothing."
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740481
04/20/17 03:38 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,694
krmitchell
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,694 |
Last one I found in austin was in my 3 year old daughters playhouse, unfortunately for it the shovel came out.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: Pope&Young]
#6740512
04/20/17 04:15 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,151
kry226
The General
|
The General
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,151 |
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740618
04/20/17 12:24 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 14,010
NDN98
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 14,010 |
Cool looking snakes and supposedly non-aggressive, but I still wouldn't be picking it up.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740684
04/20/17 01:14 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,971
Dry Fire
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,971 |
Yes, I cant resist trying to catch any snake if I have the opportunity, even if its poisonous. Venomous. Mushrooms are poisonous.
coffee spelled backwards is eeffoc. I don't give eeffoc until I have my morning coffee.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740723
04/20/17 01:45 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 8,719
cameron00
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 8,719 |
I'm not scared of snakes and like having them around, but I'm not touching one of those and would kill it instantly if it was anywhere it might come face to face with young kids. The crocodile hunter was pretty familiar with how "gentle" stingrays are right up to the point that he took a barb to his chest cavity.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6740962
04/20/17 05:02 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 4,578
Son of a Blitch
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 4,578 |
My buddy found one in his living room in Houston last year. Lives behind buffalo bayou. It's head got relocated.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6741439
04/21/17 01:13 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 370
pdugas
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 370 |
Yes, I cant resist trying to catch any snake if I have the opportunity, even if its poisonous. Sumon wrong with you !!!!!!
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6741455
04/21/17 01:24 AM
|
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 4,140
Dalee7892
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 4,140 |
To injure it do you mean 12 ga Nava?
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: Dalee7892]
#6741495
04/21/17 01:55 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 8,285
bobcat1
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 8,285 |
Ok I'll say it. Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang bang. Now let's look at it.
Bobby Barnett
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6741859
04/21/17 03:09 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,870
topwater13
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,870 |
Cool snake.....I would love to see one in the wild. That would conclude the venomous Texas quad; rattlesnake, copperhead, cottonmouth, coral.... Not naming sub-species of course.....
Last edited by topwater13; 04/21/17 03:13 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: colt45-90]
#6741960
04/21/17 04:53 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 28,032
Navasot
Hollywood
|
Hollywood
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 28,032 |
"...coral snakes possess one of the most potent venoms of any North American snake..."
"Coral snakes have a powerful neurotoxin that paralyzes the breathing muscles; mechanical or artificial respiration, along with large doses of antivenom, are often required to save a victim's life. "
Is playing with one of these really worth the risk? if your confidant id say so... From the folks iv herd that handle them they say you almost have to injure one to get it to bite tell that to the young man that got bit a few years ago in Blanco park almost is never a guarantee
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6752782
05/02/17 11:58 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,806
Deerhunter61
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,806 |
Yes, I cant resist trying to catch any snake if I have the opportunity, even if its poisonous. one of these days that could get you dead... Only good snake is a DEAD snake.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: Deerhunter61]
#6753570
05/03/17 08:19 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,525
SnakeWrangler
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 65,525 |
Yes, I cant resist trying to catch any snake if I have the opportunity, even if its poisonous. one of these days that could get you dead... Only good snake is a DEAD snake. A little unrational ....snakes are very beneficial....rats and mice are much worse to have around...
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: L. C. Clower]
#6753599
05/03/17 08:40 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,657
colt45-90
Texas colt45
|
Texas colt45
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,657 |
in this case you want to do the last ditch maneuver, bend over, grab your ankles and kiss it good bye
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6753901
05/04/17 01:52 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 868
GimmeABuck
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 868 |
Cool to see in these pics, they're pretty snakes. You couldn't pay me to pick one up though
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6763071
05/13/17 03:04 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 2,251
Paluxy300blk
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 2,251 |
Wow. Haven't seen one since I was kid at Boy Scout camp (Pirtle, on Lake Murval.)
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: Navasot]
#6764094
05/14/17 11:31 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,075
aerangis
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,075 |
"...coral snakes possess one of the most potent venoms of any North American snake..."
"Coral snakes have a powerful neurotoxin that paralyzes the breathing muscles; mechanical or artificial respiration, along with large doses of antivenom, are often required to save a victim's life. "
Is playing with one of these really worth the risk? if your confidant id say so... From the folks iv herd that handle them they say you almost have to injure one to get it to bite A loooong time ago (1970's) I used to attend the Dallas Herpetology Society meetings which had quite a few professionals in attendance including a fella byb the name of Dave Barker who worked at the Dallas Zoo and managed the herp collection. I did volunteer work there and had access to the non public areas of their collection which was diverse and impressive, even for a muninciple zoo. Anything poisonous was strictly off limits but I watched Dave handle their coral snakes bare handed. I've come across a few over the years and wouldn't risk handling a wild caught speciment bare handed but I handled them with long gloves and never saw the slightest bit of agression. As far as snakes go, they're extremely timid with short, stocky skulls adapted for burrowing and have small jaws that are rear fanged with a limited ability to bite. They're small snakes, I don't recall seeing one more than 18, maybe 20 inches long. Most were smaller. fwiw, I used to breed morphs of California Rosy Boas and several species of old world chameleons. I've got a Sinaloan Milksnake I've had going on 10-12 years that was no longer than my finger when I got him. And an Eastern Box Tortoise I found several years ago in the middle of a road that had been hit by a car. I thought he was toast and when I picked him up he was hanging limp out of his shell. I was about to toss him on the side of the road when I noticed he was trying to tuck in his shell. I thought, what the heck, and took him home. He had a cracked shell, broken hind leg, and his tail had been severed by the edge of his shell when he was ran over. Patched him up, immobilized his leg, several months later, he was (not quite:) good as new but gtg. And if anyone tells you a tortoise can't run, mine can. Dangle a canned pear or raw chicken liver where he can see it, he'll haul tail to get fed. I don't kill snakes, I'd rather have some secretive snakes around my property than an infestation of rats & mice. I've had wiring harnesses and cabling chewed to peices on several expensive cars including a late model GT3. Required a custom built wiring harness from the Porsche factory in Stuttgart Germany, parts and labor at Boardwalk Porsche was around $26k if I remember correctly. Snakes...... much better than the alternative. Unless you're a sissy.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6764660
05/15/17 05:21 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 370
pdugas
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 370 |
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6764683
05/15/17 05:45 PM
|
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 2,420
yotehater
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 2,420 |
I haven't seen one in a long time. Was thinking they were another imported fire ant casualty. The copperheads have been prolific this year.
One shot is all it should take.
|
|
|
Re: Found a coral snake
[Re: rickym]
#6770784
05/22/17 01:33 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 4,717
Lazyman
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 4,717 |
Cool looking snake but way to close for me
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|