Red on Yellow, Kill a fellow! Think again!

[sharthun]

Interesting read!

» One Snake, Two Snake, Red Snake…….. - Herp Nation Media

[thinkbig317]

Red on yellow, he's one mean fellow. Red on black, no need to step back!!!

[Mikoh4792]

red on yellow, bites turn flesh to jell-o. Red on black friend of jack

[MizCandice]

Thanks for sharing the article

[sharthun]

Originally Posted by MizCandice

Thanks for sharing the article

Nature and evolution! So many cool critters.

[DragonsEye]

Nice read. Not terribly surprising though -- many cases of regional situations/conditions not being applicable to other regions. Take for example, pupil shape. In North America, at least, a snake with a round pupil will be fairly harmless with regards to venom -- like hognose snakes -- but in the majority of cases, lacking venom entirely. The coral snake is a major exception, but it advertises its venomous state blatantly. However, that is certainly NOT a safe "rule of thumb" to apply in many other countries were elapids are common. For that matter, look at tomatoes. The Spaniards who first came across tomatoes assumed they must be poisonous because they were red. That was a common rule of thumb for the berries they were used to.

[mistersprinkles]

Originally Posted by DragonsEye

Nice read. Not terribly surprising though -- many cases of regional situations/conditions not being applicable to other regions. Take for example, pupil shape. In North America, at least, a snake with a round pupil will be fairly harmless with regards to venom -- like hognose snakes -- but in the majority of cases, lacking venom entirely. The coral snake is a major exception, but it advertises its venomous state blatantly. However, that is certainly NOT a safe "rule of thumb" to apply in many other countries were elapids are common. For that matter, look at tomatoes. The Spaniards who first came across tomatoes assumed they must be poisonous because they were red. That was a common rule of thumb for the berries they were used to.

The tomato thing was the Italians. The Spanish were too busy being invaded by the Moors.