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Parishioner mistakes coral snake for rosary - Texas

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Parishioner mistakes coral snake for rosary

11:26 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 12, 2009

James Muñoz / KENS 5

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Father James Galvin has served at Mission San Juan de Capistrano for 11 years. In that time he's seen plenty of coral snakes in his rectory and even inside the church.

Snakes in rosary

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August 12, 2009 View larger E-mail Clip More Video On Sunday, a woman in line to take communion spotted what she thought was a rosary; instead it was a colorful coral snake. The woman threw the snake and caused quite a scare.

Despite the scare, no one was hurt.

As for the snake in the church, a greeter took care of it and threw it outside. The coral snake was about a foot long.

Father Galvin said keeps at least five cats around, including two in the house, to alert him when a snake sneaks in.
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http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/khou090812_jj_snakes-in-rosary.d2556644.html

Now I'm not the religious type and I haven't seen many rosarys but I sure don't think I could confuse the two. I've included a couple of pictures below for you 'non-believers'.
 
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lol idk if that is funny or just sad if u go to church dont u think ud know that rosary's arnt colorful?!?!?1
 
I don't think you'd find a Micruroides (Sonoran coral pictured) in east TX, but Micrurus can be quite variable in color and pattern. T. Logan showed me an albino at Houston Zoo back in the 70s.
 
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I don't think you'd find a Micruroides (Sonoran coral pictured) in east TX, but Micrurus can be quite variable in color and pattern. T. Logan showed me an albino at Houston Zoo back in the 70s.
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Sorry I just posted the first Coral snake picture I came across. I should have been more accurate. I was more interested in the 'humor' value and less concerned with being scientifically correct; after posting I thought I had posted the wrong snake image. It may not even be the proper rosary; I don't know the different kinds of those either.

This is what the stupid reporters do when they write a story and end up posting a picture of a boa when the article was about a python. I should be more careful.

The below example and randomly obtained picture represents what was more than likely possibly in the Texas church; it still doesn't look like a rosary in my book.

DISCLAIMER: I'm not an expert on Coral snakes or rosaries so some on this information may be incorrect. Remember not everything you read on the internet is true.
 
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Thanks for the fine replacement picture of the TX coral (I hate to see the infrequently seen AR Coral maligned). Although shiny rosary beads are various colors, the M. f. tenere makes a better culprit for Sherlock Holmes "Speckled Band".
 
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