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re: So. FRICK SNAKES.. FRICK EM ALL
Posted on 6/8/15 at 8:52 am to Reservoir dawg
Posted on 6/8/15 at 8:52 am to Reservoir dawg
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If you want to actually see a variety of venomous snakes all in one place, take a night drive through Okaloosa County, Fla. Anywhere around Eglin AFB (north of Ft. Walton Beach) is rattlesnake and cottonmouth central. All of the venomous species found in the southeast U.S. are present in that area. I once read that there are more venomous snakes per square mile there than anywhere else in the U.S. Diamondbacks, cottonmouths, timbers, duskys, Copperheads and corals.
I live in Gulf Breeze and the only thing I have seen in the area is cottonmouths but several rattle snakes have been seen in the neighborhood. I think because of the swampy nature of the area is why we have so many snakes in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa.
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 10:16 am to TideJoe
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I spent years hiking and camping in south AL and MS and have seen a coral snake. They're either really rare and incredibly good at hiding. I've seen seen tons of rattlesnakes, moccasins, copperheads, but not one coral snake.
They're very, very rare in Alabama. This one was found in Coosa county in 2009. Before that, it had been 40 years since the last one was spotted in the wild in central Alabama.
Even if they were common, they'd be no big deal. Their venom is a very deadly neurotoxin but they don't have the fangs of a pit viper and can't even bite through something like jeans.
Posted on 6/8/15 at 11:15 am to Prettyboy Floyd
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My buddy was recently doing a garden in his backyard in florida and he dug up a live coral.
They are extremely reclusive, and usually retreat when they see humans. You pretty much have to pick it up to be bitten by it. 10-15 people get bit by coral snakes every year, nationwide. You're more likely to be struck by lightning.
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