Can you spot the problem? ;)

[sledgemeister]

What do you mean? It says it right there.   

I am glad some one was looking hehe

Truth is even though we have a majority of the top ten here, hardly any one dies from being bitten by a snake. More chance being impaled through the heart by a stingray, Oh wait.........

[philw]

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!   you earn't your hard earned today  then.... 

I am glad some one was looking hehe

Truth is even though we have a majority of the top ten here, hardly any one dies from being bitten by a snake. More chance being impaled through the heart by a stingray, Oh wait.........

well  I must be luck  with that Brown Snake getting me a couple of years ago....  so now I can go for a swim up north with the Box Jelly Fish and the Sting Rays   

[tombogan03884]

It almost takes a lot of trying to die from a rattlesnake bite. We average only 5.5 deaths by rattlesnake bite in the U.S. each year. Many rattlesnake bites involve alcohol. They do have a nasty bite and even during treatment, there can be a fair amount of suffering. In the US, if you get bit and seek help as fast as possible, you'll probably be fine.

I'd always read that the puff adder was the most dangerous snake in Africa and kills the most people. Not that it is the most venomous, just camo'd, fat and slow, so people stumble upon them.

Puff adders are harmless, but they LOOK JUST LIKE A CORAL snake, # 8 on Sledges list. There are 2 ways to tell the difference ;
1) the order of the Red yellow and Black bands
2) Aggression, If it jumps up, Hissing and Growling (No shit, I never even HEARD of that one, but I've SEEN it ) it's a Puff Adder, if it just kills you it's a Coral Snake.

[fightingquaker13]

Puff adders are harmless, but they LOOK JUST LIKE A CORAL snake, # 8 on Sledges list. There are 2 ways to tell the difference ;
1) the order of the Red yellow and Black bands
2) Aggression, If it jumps up, Hissing and Growling (No shit, I never even HEARD of that one, but I've SEEN it ) it's a Puff Adder, if it just kills you it's a Coral Snake.

Tom
I think you're getting confused with the King Snake which looks similar to Coral Snake and lives in the US. The Coral Snake is native to Fl., which at least for now is in the US (or maybe Northern Cuba, I'm not sure).   The difference is band color. The king has red touching black, the coral red touching yellowand black. When in doubt (and in my mind in generl) stay from the damn things in first place.Anyhow the puff adder is poisonious an African.
FQ13

[Hazcat]

"Red on yellow, dangerous fellow"
"Red on black, friend to Jack"

or

"Red on yellow, kill a fellow"
"Red on black, venom lack"

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[L.E. Keeney]

I don't care...if someone finds ANY SNAKE in my dryer...I'm gonna be ALARMED..

[tombogan03884]

Tom
I think you're getting confused with the King Snake which looks similar to Coral Snake and lives in the US. The Coral Snake is native to Fl., which at least for now is in the US (or maybe Northern Cuba, I'm not sure).   The difference is band color. The king has red touching black, the coral red touching yellowand black. When in doubt (and in my mind in generl) stay from the damn things in first place.Anyhow the puff adder is poisonious an African.
FQ13

The guy that was with me at the time told me it was a "Puff Adder" I basically know squat about different types of snakes, it isn't a major subject up here. So I will bow to your, of necessity,greater knowledge.   

"Red on yellow, dangerous fellow"
"Red on black, friend to Jack"

or

"Red on yellow, kill a fellow"
"Red on black, venom lack"

Thanks for posting that Haz, I've heard both of those before (at the time of my little adventure) but could not remember them after this long.

[Big Frank]

Some people call these hog-nosed snakes puff adders. It gets confusing because it has too many names.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodon That's the only snake I've seen in several years except for a couple garter snakes.

[tombogan03884]

Some people call these hog-nosed snakes puff adders. It gets confusing because it has too many names.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodon That's the only snake I've seen in several years except for a couple garter snakes.

Interesting behavior   

FTA ; When threatened, the hognose snake will flatten its neck and raise its head off the ground, similar to a cobra, and hiss. It may sometimes feign strikes, but is extremely reticent to bite. This behavior has earned the hognose several nicknames, such as "blowing adder," "flathead," "spreading adder," or "hissing adder." If this threat display does not work to deter a would-be predator, the hognose snake will often roll onto its back and play dead with its mouth open and tongue lolling, going as far as to emit a foul musk from the cloaca. Emission of cloacal musk is considerably less likely than in many other species. If the snake is rolled upright while in this state, it will often roll over again as if to insist that it is really dead.

OH MY GOD !! Snake farts !!   

[Big Frank]

I bet it's not just the snake that emits a foul musk. I came across one of those hog-nose snakes and didn't know what it was. I knew it wasn't poisonous so I picked it up and played with it. It's neck was spread out flat like a cobra. It was very interesting. I tossed it off the road so it didn't get run over. They say it will shake it's tail in dry leaves so it sounds like a rattlesnake.