Coral snakes - in Florida
Much more venomous than needed
Coral Snakes are one of the six different species of venomous snakes in Florida. The venom from Coral Snakes is much more venomous that it actually needs to be and a lot of prey could be brought down with even lower concentrations of venom.
Coral Snake rhymes
A red, yellow and black colored banding separates the Coral Snakes from other snakes. The Scarlet Kingsnake has the same colors as Coral Snakes, but they can be distinguished by thinking of rhymes such as »Red on yellow - kills a fellow« or »Red touching black - is a friend of Jack«. Think of traffic lights - yellow is caution and red is There are plenty of these rhymes to be found on the internet. Florida has it Coral Snakes as well. The average size of adult Coral Snakes is 25-35 inches (60-90 cm). They are smaller than Coral Snakes seen in Brazil and Bolivia, which are larger.
The patterns are easily seen. You should however avoid this snake by all means; simply because it's bad company.
Bitten by a Coral Snake - prey and humans
Coral Snakes hold on to a prey after they inflicted the victim their bite. This behavior is very natural, because in order to deliver their venom they need to have their fangs in the prey. If bitten by a coral snake one most go to medical care straight on. People get bitten by this snake from time to time when they are gardening etc.
Elderly people or young children are more susceptible to suffer heavily from a coral snake than medium aged adult individuals. This only holds true if the victim is treated with antivenin, otherwise the chance of not surviving is roughly 10 percent. Coral Snakes eat their prey after it has suffocated from the paralysis caused by the venom.
The habit of eating other snakes
Coral snakes like to feed on other snakes. There's a special name for this and it is called ophiophagous. They will however also feed on other reptiles such as lizards and small rodents. Aquatic Coral Snakes also takes fish and eels.
References
Coral Snake - Emedicine
Coral Snakes in Florida
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