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I killed a coral snake and dumped its body on a nearby fireant mound. By morning all that was left was the backbone. I am now scared to death of my fireants.

I'll take copperheads over coral snakes any day!

[Fawn]

We have corals in our neighborhood....someone kills at least a few every year....

[Guenevere]

Why?....coral snakes have to chew on you to get the venom in, don’t they?.....

[cracker45]

“I’ll take copperheads over coral snakes any day!”

Not me, coral snakes are small, have small mouths and very short teeth, alhough they are neurotoxic. The other three poisonous US types are much larger (except for the pygmy rattler)the and have correspondingly larger mouths, longer fangs and a heavy load of hemotoxic venim. Rattlesnakes are the most widespread, numerous, dangerous and have several different sizes/colors and varieties. The Eastern Diamondback is the most dangerous and can easily exceed six feet long with very large fangs and a prodigious volume of venim.

JC