recently there's been alotta talk going on about a certain rhyme used to describe to different species of snake that always seem to end up going the wrong way.
for those of you who don't know, i'm referring to the coral snake and the tricolour kingsnake. apparently, the tricolour mimics the deadly coral so as to confuse its enemies into thinking that it's more dangerous than it is. there is a rhyme which goes as follows:
<i>red and yellow kill a fellow,, but red and black don't do jack.</i>
this rhyme refers to the bands (or rather colours) that are found on each snake. with the coral, red and yellow always touch (according to the links i'm about to post), and in the tricolour black and red always touch. however, in some species of tricolour(<i>http://enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?sort=1&curGroupID=99&display=1&a rea=99&searchText=lampropeltis&curPageNum=8&recnum =AR0818</i>, the red is encapsulated by the black which still prevents it form touching the yellow.
now, there are some back-yard, dishwater know-it-alls and breeders on here that think that because they have bred a few snakes or that because they have "experience" (like that really matters), or that they must use big words and long paragraphs to get across a meager point, that they are the holy messiahs of the snake world and that anyone that goes against them has no idea what they are talking about.
i guess that their wash up ways are more important and correct than those of real PROFESSIONALS who have spent careers reseaching these serpents unlike the peeps on here who just wake up one morning and decide that they know everything.
anyways, i'm just here to say that the rhyme DOES work extremely well in referrence to both corals and tricolours. unlike certain peeps on here, i like to provide proof of where i got my ideas from with nice links that take you to exactly what i'm saying.
before i get carried away, let me post the links.
<i>http://www.jungledomain.org/native.htm</i>
as you can see, the peeps on here do use the rhyme to tell the difference (and help others as well) between the two serpents.
now in this link (and if you go to it all the pages that show the snakes), you can see a variety of tricolours that all adhere to this rhyme as well:
<i>http://enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?sort=1&curGroupID=99&display=1&a rea=99&searchText=lampropeltis&curPageNum=5&recnum =AR0193</i>
as for the corals, they too follow it just like the tricolours:
<i>http://www.geo-outdoors.info/coral_snakes.htm</i>
hmmm.....strange, the rhyme seems to work just like the first person that thought it up knew it was.
now unless you can provide proof to show that the rhyme doesn't work on the following snakes that i provided then please do, and don't just pull stuff out your
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even this site <i>http://www.pestproducts.com/coral_snakes.htm</i> gives various warnings as well as mentions the herpetologist that the info came from.
i guess since you peeps have higher degrees and more intelligence than him that you must be right, huh???
it's amazing how many of you claim to hav evast knowledge of these serpents and many other things, yet you often say that the stuffs that are correct are "bull" and that they are "dangerous" and the like.
i've never seen any of you that hate the rhyme, post pics or data or info that disproves the rhyme's claim.
so unless you start to provide proof to support your ridiculous knowledge, then just shut up!!!
as for anyone else who wants more CORRECT info on corals and their mimics, you can use this:
<i>http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?FORM=MSNH&q=coral%20snakes</i>
L8R.
jason.