Snake Behind the Instrument Panel

[G21Agoose]

Pit vipers, such as rattlers, moccassins and copperheads have what is called hemotoxic venom; it attacks tissues. These snakes have a vertically slitted pupil.

Non venomous snakes have a round pupil. However, neurotoxic snakes such as cobras, krait and coral snakes, etc. also have round pupils. Fortunately, the only species of this kind native to the US is the coral snake This makes the slit-eye/round eye comparison valid in most cases; at least in North America.

Coral snakes can be identified by the colored bands that run circumferentially for the entire length of their body. Red bands bordering yellow bands identify a coral snake, red bands separated from the yellow bands by a black band identify it as a non-venomous king snake. Thus the rhyme:

Red touch black, friend to Jack. Red touch yellow, kill a fellow.

Killing a venomous snake is self defense. Killing a non venomous snake is ignorant. Unless, of course, that non venomous snake is your neighbor's escaped 12 foot python and it is constricting your child or dog.

Axel-
Thank you for your intelligent, informed and interesting answer. However, based on the original thread you try identifying the eye shape of the snake in the cockpit while flying an ILS at minimums. Oh, and if you're in the US just hope it's not a coral snake (or an escaped mamba!)

 

[Guitar rocker]

What a load of horse********************. If you ever meet a Black Mamba; throw away your stupid "Snake Identification Using Eye Shapes" book and RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.....FL420 and Goose....maybe not all poisonous snakes have vertical pupils but generally speaking that aspect is true. Refer to what Axel said as well.

http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh124.pdf#search='identifying%20poisonous%20snakes'

 

[Occam's Razor]

Thus the rhyme:

Red touch black, friend to Jack. Red touch yellow, kill a fellow.

Here's the ryhme I use:

"If it's a snake,
Bash it until it's dead."

I hate snakes. It's irrational, sure, but Pat Robertson is irrational and old ladies send him their social security checks.

When snakes are involved, I prefer to excercise my Darwin-given rights and position on the food chain...and kill them.

I'm not alone....

"Snakes! Why does it have to be snakes?"

- Indiana Jones, "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"
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[G21Agoose]

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Department of Vertebrates

Herpetology Collection​

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BLACK MAMBAS (Dendroaspis polylepis) (Very Dangerous)

http://www.nfi.org.za/herps/snakes/blackmamba.jpg


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This specimen is hardly ever pitch black in colour but the lining of the mouth being dark is where the name has derived from. Of all the African snakes the Black Mamba is the most feared and is known for being aggressive when agitated or confronted and will strike with deadly precision. The outer colour varies between a pale grey-green to a gunmetal blue. The head is also distinctive in being narrowly shaped and having round eyes with round pupils. The snake being neurotoxic causes respiratory failure and leaves the pray paralysed which causes death in 7-15 hours.​

The average length of a specimen varies between 2 to 2.5 metres but an exceptional case was recorded of 4.5 metres. This snake has quite a large distribution stretching from Senegal (West Africa) to Somalia in the East down to Pondoland (Port St Johns) including Namibia and Angola. They are absent from Equatorial forests and desert areas. They prefer more open Bushveld / Savanna with an attitude not exceeding 1500 metres.
A batch of 12 to 17 eggs are usually laid but can be as few as 9 or 10 and are oval shaped hatching between 80-90 days. The young are usually dark in colour and measures between 40 to 60 cm in length.

These ain't no pesky rattler, boy.

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[Guitar rocker]

Department of Vertebrates

Herpetology Collection​

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BLACK MAMBAS (Dendroaspis polylepis) (Very Dangerous)​

http://www.nfi.org.za/herps/snakes/blackmamba.jpg​

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This specimen is hardly ever pitch black in colour but the lining of the mouth being dark is where the name has derived from. Of all the African snakes the Black Mamba is the most feared and is known for being aggressive when agitated or confronted and will strike with deadly precision. The outer colour varies between a pale grey-green to a gunmetal blue. The head is also distinctive in being narrowly shaped and having round eyes with round pupils. The snake being neurotoxic causes respiratory failure and leaves the pray paralysed which causes death in 7-15 hours.​

The average length of a specimen varies between 2 to 2.5 metres but an exceptional case was recorded of 4.5 metres. This snake has quite a large distribution stretching from Senegal (West Africa) to Somalia in the East down to Pondoland (Port St Johns) including Namibia and Angola. They are absent from Equatorial forests and desert areas. They prefer more open Bushveld / Savanna with an attitude not exceeding 1500 metres.
A batch of 12 to 17 eggs are usually laid but can be as few as 9 or 10 and are oval shaped hatching between 80-90 days. The young are usually dark in colour and measures between 40 to 60 cm in length.​

These ain't no pesky rattler, boy.​

Thats great dude...looks like you got a hard on for the black mamba.

 

[FN FAL]

Thats great dude...looks like you got a hard on for the black mamba.

...And I hope they burn in hell!

 

[FN FAL]

...And I hope they burn in hell!

I hope Samuel L. Jackson is getting some residuals out this.

 

[MFRskyknight]

Here's the ryhme I use:

"If it's a snake,
Bash it until it's dead."

Bwahahaha.

You know, I remember having fun with a couple of jackazz kids who approached me on the street downtown with a (nontoxic) bullsnake wrapped around one of their wrists, asking if I'd like to buy it. I asked if they knew what kind it was. They had no idea.

I proceeded to BS them about how it was the 2nd most venomous snake in North America. The look on their faces was priceless. :laugh:

MFR

 

[Axel]

On that note, I have heard of a prank in which a snake is placed in a zippered handbag which is then left by the side of the road. Eventually someone will stop, grab the bag and drive off. A few seconds later, the car will screech to a stop and the occupants will bail out in panic.

 

[Axel]

Axel-
Thank you for your intelligent, informed and interesting answer. However, based on the original thread you try identifying the eye shape of the snake in the cockpit while flying an ILS at minimums. Oh, and if you're in the US just hope it's not a coral snake (or an escaped mamba!)

Point taken.

 

[DrewBlows]

I'm never going to fly an airplane again.

 

[Annie]

Isn't anyone curious? How did that dang thing get into a Piper Cherokee?

 

[phishn@daves]

Just like humans.

Wow, love the quick wit!!!

Too funny.

 

[81Horse]

Snakes, shmakes.

Black widow spiders; airplanes. Think about it.