Comments on: Red Touches Yellow Kill A Fellow/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/The goal of this blog is to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many.Sun, 02 Feb 2025 07:03:33 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: thomasstigwikman/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1799Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:00:54 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1799In reply to Dawn Pisturino.

Thank you so much Dawn. Yes we tried to teach them things when they were little. We also have the Mojave rattlesnake in Texas but it is only in West Texas far from Dallas. As I understand it is the most venomous rattle snake in the US.

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]]>By: Dawn Pisturino/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1796Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:35:13 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1796Yes, I’ve heard that rattlesnakes get huge in Texas (like everything else!) I think I would die of a heart attack if I saw one seven feet long. I admire how you teach your kids so much! We have the Mohave Greens here, which are highly venomous, and coral snakes. We rarely see them, even in the summer, since we live on a busy road.

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1744Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:39:23 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1744In reply to The Oceanside Animals.

That sounds terrible Java Bean. That is very dangerous, but I am happy your recovered with antivenom. Since you recovered so well it must have been a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake like you say. We don’t have the Southern Pacific Rattlesnake here but we have several other kinds.

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]]>By: The Oceanside Animals/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1743Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:07:30 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1743In reply to thomasstigwikman.

Java Bean: “Dada says it was probably a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake! After I yelped and came running over to him and he backtracked to where I had come from and saw the snake rattling, he didn’t think to take a picture of it, he just hustled us all into the car and me off to the emergency vet. They gave me the Southern Pacific antivenin and I recovered, so seems like a match!”

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1739Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:37:46 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1739In reply to The Oceanside Animals.

Oh I sure hope it was not a coral snake or a diamond back that got you. What was it? You can maybe look it up in this book.

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]]>By: The Oceanside Animals/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1738Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:43:24 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1738Java Bean (inspecting snakes closely): “Close, but that’s not the one that got me.”

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1737Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:58:35 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1737In reply to ghostmmnc.

I have actually never seen either a coral snake or milksnake in the wild. I’ve read that coral snakes, even though very deadly, that they are not very aggressive. I did not know about the Rattlesnake round-up. Sweetwater is more than three hours away so it is a bit to drive, but it sounds like a fun thing to do. I took a look at a youtube video about it. The thing is that it might coincide with our ski trip to Colorado. But thanks for the suggestion. We’ll see.

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1736Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:52:42 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1736In reply to Jacqui Murray.

Yes I agree with you. You may want to run away in both cases but if you need to it is an easy way to remember the difference.

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]]>By: ghostmmnc/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1735Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:50:33 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1735I don’t think I could tell the difference at a glance at that coral snake/milk snake. Actually I’d be running away no matter. I’ve only ever seen a couple and I’ve lived here all my life practically, and they were harmless ones. Have you heard of the Rattlesnake round-up held in Sweetwater TX each spring? I’ve never been, but it’s a big deal with lots of exhibits and demonstrations. 🙂

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]]>By: Jacqui Murray/2024/12/17/red-touches-yellow-kill-a-fellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1734Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:45:45 +0000/?p=1327#comment-1734Good one. I’d forgotten that amorphism (if I can call it that). It’s a good one.

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