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Milk Snake.

Milk Snake.

Unlike the deadly Coral snake, the Milk snake is quite harmless.
Coral snakes have red bands with yellow rings on either side. Milk snakes have red bands...
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Unlike the deadly Coral snake, the Milk snake is quite harmless.
Coral snakes have red bands with yellow rings on either side. Milk snakes have red bands with black rings on either side. Some people learn the difference by memorizing a short rhyme: "Red on yellow, can kill a fellow.
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camera

NIKON D3100

settings

settings

Aperture 8/1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 1950/10

location

location

Brotas, Sao Paulo, BR

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2023

Views

182

Likes

+43

Awards

Peer Award

+34

Top Choice

+2

Superb Composition

Absolute Masterpiece

Outstanding Creativity

Categories

Animals

Ultimate

Thanks for pointing out the difference between the two snakes.

PRO

Thank you for reading. 😊

Platinum

Extraordinary color and beautiful capture. Happy its not poisonous :-)

PRO

Thank you. 😊

It sure is colorful. Last summer I had a small coral snake slither past my sandaled foot as I sat in a lawn chair in my yard. Nearby construction, or the rain the day before must have displaced it. I sure moved fast. ha ha.

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Lucky for us this was a Milk snake, and you were very lucky that the Coral snake didn't bite you. 🍀

Voor de zekerheid zou ik toch niet te dichtbij komen😃

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Het ezelsbruggetje helpt wel in deze.

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Excellent capture, Joop!

Platinum

Definitely learned some very valuable snake facts, Joop! Cool image!

PRO

It's good to know, especially for you on your travels and hikes.

Platinum

Wat een mooie kleur. Ik heb er eens 1 moeten ophalen tijdens mijn werk

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Die had geen gele ringen hoop ik.

Platinum

Good it was not a coralito.. One of those killed my Ronnie (cat)

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Yes, they are very deadly!

yikes again!

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This one is harmless.

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