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Eastern Coral Snake

norm

norm

Corporate Reptile Keeper
Found in brother's yard, Jacksonville, FL. Got some pictures and then cut him loose in the woods.

first pics

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about an hour later, just before release

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Very cool! The only time I found one, I didn't have a camera. Once you see one, you never need to remember that whole red and yellow saying ever again. Coral snakes just look different- to me they look flattened, not round.
 
NICE!!!! I'm so envious of your experience. I'm looking forward to the day when I can catch one myself... of course it wouldn't be an eastern coral... LOL.

Thought I ran into one last year... but it was a Western Long nose... kewl, but DARN!

Congrats on the catch and release!
 
Yeah, the size of it shocked me as well. I was like, that is one big fat huge daddy coral snake!
 
Great Find, What did you use to capture him?
How venomous ( toxic) are they? nevermind found it:
Any skin penetration, however, is a medical emergency that requires immediate attention. 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. There is usually only mild pain associated with a bite, but breathing difficulties and ptosis can occur within hours.
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I had a patient either this spring, or last, that was bit by a coral snake. He was outside, and saw a pretty snake. The next night, he caught his cat playing with the pretty snake and took the snake away from the cat and let it go, getting bit in the process. 45 minutes later he was violently ill and went to the ER, where they started an IV and started mixing up the antivenin. He decided this was taking too long, so he removed his IV and went home, where the hospital sent police to retrieve him and bring him back. He was on a ventilator for for a week, but after that was more or less ok. I really wanted to ask him about the whole experience, but he didn't want to talk about it...
 
I used a snake hook and a bag, then moved him to the sterilite for pictures. He never struck or showed any sign of aggression, even though I was extremely cautious of that.
 
I have another coral snake story. I asked my vet if he ever treated any venomous patients. He said he did, if he knew the owner very well and was confident he could see the animal without an incident. But one time a man came in so my vet could see his kingsnake. He got it out and the vet says "Do you know that's a coral snake?" The man said "Oh no, this is a scarlet kingsnake, we've had it for years, my kids play with it all the time!" "So then what happened, Dr. Pat?" "I don't know, he never brought the snake back!" I wonder...
 
Nanci said:
I have another coral snake story. I asked my vet if he ever treated any venomous patients. He said he did, if he knew the owner very well and was confident he could see the animal without an incident. But one time a man came in so my vet could see his kingsnake. He got it out and the vet says "Do you know that's a coral snake?" The man said "Oh no, this is a scarlet kingsnake, we've had it for years, my kids play with it all the time!" "So then what happened, Dr. Pat?" "I don't know, he never brought the snake back!" I wonder...
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Mannnn..... That's just dangerous. Holy cow... KIDS played with it?????

Is it POSSIBLE the VET was mistaken??? I have heard of coral snakes that were "lap dog tame" but geez...
 
Dang I'm jealous, I've been wanting to see one in the wild for some time now. My former assistant calls me whenever she sees the one that suns itself on the jogging trail she walks every morning, but refuses to get close enough to get a pic with her phone's camera, lol. It took two years to get her to hold a hatchling Corn, so I'm sure she gives it a wide berth....
 
Nice coral. I hope to get one of those for my educational collection but it is hard to find them big enough to do the covert to mouse thing as well as being big enough so when I hook it the people watching the presentation can actually see it. That one might have done! Catch another, let me know. ;)
 
MohrSnakes said:
Nice coral. I hope to get one of those for my educational collection but it is hard to find them big enough to do the covert to mouse thing as well as being big enough so when I hook it the people watching the presentation can actually see it. That one might have done! Catch another, let me know. ;)
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Will do, they are everywhere during the spring.
 
Excellent Norm! I have never seen a coral snake that big! I have only seen one venomous snake in the wild, a black rattle snake. It was awesome, but i didn't dare catch it. :)
 
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