Comments by "" (@richardhincemon) on "The DEADLIEST BITE in the US? The Secret of the Coral Snake" video.

  1. Bright colors similar to what's found in corals 🪸
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  2. Lots of myths about snakes 😂
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  3. Front fixed fangs like all elapids
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  4. Melanistic and albino specimens in North America the rhyme doesn't matter if your in Central America. 16 species of New World Coral snakes and over sixty species of Old World Coral snakes that have different colors.
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  5. Pfizer laboratory (Eqine) North American Coral snake antivenom is still effective and may be extended into the next decade due to the rarity of Coral snake bites after being purchased from Wyeth laboratory in 2012 and was given a 12 year shelf life during the transition extended from the 5 year shelf life. Only one person has died from a Coral snake bite since the mid sixties and he didn't even seek medical care.
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  6. Coral snake antivenom was developed by Wyeth laboratory in the late sixties and is now produced by Pfizer Laboratories effective until June 2024 when it could be extended into the next decade due to Coral snakes rarely bite humans unless handled roughly usually by children using the rhyme to identify them . The one person who died refused treatment and was found deceased the next morning and also had a high level of alcohol in his system .
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  7. Mojave Green rattlesnake ld 50 0.18 mgkg SC hemotoxins and neurotoxins Tiger Rattlesnake ld 50 0.21 mgkg SC hemotoxins and myotoxins Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes capable of delivering over a 1000 mg of hemotoxins in a single bite with 1 inch fangs and a bite force of 150 psi is the most dangerous snake in North America. Not the most toxic but the most dangerous snake bites.
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  8. Drop for drop Eastern Coral snake ld 50 1.3 mgkg SC is the most toxic venomous snake in North America only elapid with front fixed fangs and pure neurotoxins in the United States 3 different types of Coral snakes Eastern;Western and the Sonoran desert Coral snake .
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  9. And wear a helmets when driving cars 😮
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  10. OK Kevin
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  11. No a good idea to identify coral snakes due to aberrant specimens of coral snakes in North America and over sixty species worldwide.
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  12. The rhyme is not always right due to melanistic and albino specimens in North America and 16 species of new world Coral snakes also 60 species of old world Coral snakes around the world
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  13. Did you watch this video about Coral snakes 😂?
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  14. Coral Snakes range ends in Southeastern NC it would have been an escaped pet to be in Ohio .
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  15. 47 inches longest Eastern Coral snake
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  16. Coral snakes are burrowing snakes and spend most of their lives underground it makes sense that they would come up after it rains.
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  17. Coral snakes have front fixed fangs like all Elapids have .
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  18. Coral Snakes have front fixed fangs just like all the other Elapids.
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  19. Coral snakes have neurotoxins " venom " not poison with front fixed fangs like all Elapids Taipans,Mambas,Kraits and Cobras and don't have to chew to inject " venom " but they will hold on moving their heads side to side so it's important to get them off asap.
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  20. Eastern Diamondback rattlesnakes live from southeastern NC to eastern Louisiana long leaf pine forest , barrier islands and coastal plains. The Western Diamondback rattlesnake is found in Texas.
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  21. Found only in 3 Parrishes in eastern Louisiana pinelands last recordings were in 1995 .
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  22. What North Eastern state has a small pocket of Cottonmouths other than Southern Indiana Dubois County and South Eastern Virginia Great Dismal Swamp region into Hopewell James River and Appomattox tributaries.
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  23. Pfizer laboratory purchased the production of North American Coral snake antivenom from Wyeth laboratory effective until June 2024 which could be extended into the next decade due to the rarity of Coral snake bites it was extended from 5 years to 12 years during the transition period .
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  24. 😮​ @mjleger4555 Even without antivenom you can be put on a medical ventilation machine to treat a Coral snake bite for people who are allergic to the antivenom.
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  25. The ryhme isn't reliable in North America due to melanist and albino specimens and 16 species of new world Coral snakes and over 60 species of old world Coral snakes that come in different colors .
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