Eastern Coral Snake

[crimsonking]

Here's a 24"er from here in Tampa, FL. saved from certain death by shovel.
:Mark

[honduranfreekk]

WOW very nice pic Mark what happened there???

[crimsonking]

Oh you know some people think the only good snake is a dead one. Gonna snap some pics, let him warm up a bit, then release away from people.

[honduranfreekk]

You think he will live Mark the neck look,s realy bad butt may be just the pic?? and ya i know what ya mean no respect 4 what they dont understand :(

[crimsonking]

His neck is just fine! In fact he's really unharmed. I think what you see is a twig that got in the way when I took the pic.

[crimsonking]

Another shot of him.

[Sean_.E.]

Corals are beautiful! Some people are so ignorant when it come to snakes! Good job on the "rescue"!

[Tim_Cranwill]

How hot is an eastern coral snake?

Nice pics and good job on the rescue!:)

[crimsonking]

Cranwill, they are indeed hot. Envenomation occurs most often when they are handled roughly I'd say. Very dangerous for little kids. If I remember right, a 6-7 year old was bitten this year when he picked one up. Recovered though I'm not sure of any permanent harm. Here's a belly shot of this one.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Wow, that's a black black. Nice pic!

Thanks for the info:)

[BWSmith]

Send him this way!! :) I desparately need another Eastern Coral for my Envenomation Protocol Training programs. I already have 9 of them scheduled in March. Guess I need to get out into the field ASAP and try to find some :)

[Lisa]

Looks pretty good, i was wondering what was on the neck but on closer inspection i see it's not touching at all. bleh 2D.