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Mistaken identity Anonymous
Hey /an/

Georgiafag here. Today I was scared totally shitless by one of the more harmless of the Southern Snakes, the King snake. I originally mistook it for a coral snake (south georgia/florida based snake) and ran away (was underneath my car).

Anybody else have embarrassing stories of mistaken identity?
>> Anonymous
doesn't necessarily mean it was a scarlet king, could have been a scarlet as well (Cemophora coccinea) if you confused one of these for a coral you probably can't tell the difference between the two and it is much more likely you'd find a scarlet instead of the more secretive scarlet king.
>> Anonymous
REMEMBER:

Red-to-yellow: Kill a fellow
Red-to-black: Niggers are black
>> Anonymous
>>261275

just make sure you remember that only works in the US, try that in the tropics and you're fucked
>> Anonymous
>>261275
Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow.
Red touches black, you're okay Jack.

Note: this is only true for people named Jack.
>> Anonymous
>>261399
I learned it as
Red between black, then venom it lacks.
Red between yellow, he's a dangerous fellow.

So that takes care of everyone who isn't named Jack.
>> Anonymous
Red touches black: friend of Jack
Red touches yellow: kill a fellow
>> Anonymous
op here. Yea I was always taught "red and yellow; kill a fellow. Red and black; friend to jack"

Nevertheless, it was a young looking king (fairly sure it was a king, mainly due to the fact that it was hiding underneath the car, as they're particularly well known for that around here. ) Plus, it didn't have the blotchy-ness that Scarlet snakes are known for, whom i've only seen up in the North Georgia/ NC region . But i'm not biologist by any means of the word

But in all panic, we humans are not known for thinking logically. So, no one else has any embarrassing stories of mistaken identity? Common, I know someone out there probably shat their pants when they mistook a common brown spider for a brown recluse or something
>> Anonymous
>>261477
Once I was calling my cats outside, and it was dark out, and I stuck my hand down to pet my "cat" that was coming inside before I realized it was a fucking skunk. It was quite friendly but a little timid so it didn't spray, it just scampered off into the night.
>> Anonymous
red touches black: crack is wack
red touches yellow: tell your mailman hello
>> Bitter Anon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
You are all wrong.
Its:
Red on Yellow is a cuddly fellow. Red on Black? Step back Jack!
>> Anonymous
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>>261547
Oh okay, here's a nice, cuddly coral snake for you, then!
>> Anonymous
>>261549

AHH
>> Anonymous
>>261480
You got to pet a skunk.