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Originally Posted by Mustangrde1
Please Do Not Kill The Snake
I do not believe in using the old Rhyme of red touches yellow kill a fellow. As that if you run across an aberrant specimen it may not hold true. What I do like to tell people is to think of a stop sign Yellow means Caution, Red Means stop so just like a stop sign if red and yellow touch you better not.
Top is The dangerous Coral Snake. Bottom is the Harmless Scarlet King
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ok, first i was right about the top being the coral and the bottom being the kingsnake (as i had once wanted one so i know it well), but...i did use the "rhyme" to tell which is which. i understand that the rhyme may not work on all species of the snake (since that seems to be what you're implying), but it did work here.
so...why are you saying not to use it (esp. in regards to these two) when you did use it but not exactly---this is what you said:
<i>if red and yellow touch, then you better not</i>
isn't that the same as "red and yellow kill a fellow, but red and black don't do jack (or won't hurt jack---you decide)" but re-worded differently???
