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Originally Posted by Cliff R
Black and red rat snakes are free to roam anywhere on my property, we look forward to seeing them, handling them for a few minutes, then letting them go back on the hunt for rats and mice. ..
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Gotta be real careful with those colors in Texas. Coral snakes are the most deadly known to man, as their toxins are actually nerve agents that can paralyze a person or animal very quickly making them unable to breathe. The old saying as a way of identifying them vs. a rat snake is: "Red on Black, won't harm Jack; Red on Yellow, kill a fellow" in reference to their bands of colors.