...kill a fellow.
So goes the rhyme when you're trying to tell if the snake you've come across is the most venomous species in North America.
Encountered at Silver Springs State Park, the serpent was originally sighted by another tourist and misidentified by a glass bottomed boat helmsman as a (harmless) king snake.
Luckily, when the critter slithered out into better lighting a more accurate ID was made and a call was put in for reptile relocation.
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I wasn't familiar with that little life-preserving two-liner, TSG; thank you for the public service announcement.
I've seen rattle snakes (once in our driveway in Pinehurst, actually), and I've seen water moccasins. Copperheads and coral snakes are still on my second-tier bucket list, I guess. "Bucket list" as in, things that can help you kick the bucket.
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