This blog spot is the home to my ramblings. I am a free lance writer. Most of my work goes on Associated Content. Sometimes I write what is on my mind, sometimes I plug some of my writing, and sometimes a combination of the two. So, sit back read, enjoy, and we will see where it goes.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Blogging from A to Z: M is for Milk Snake
Red Milk Snake picture Mike Pingleton, Wikipedia
The Milk Snake is a colorful, non venomous snake that has 24 subspecies. They are opportunistic eaters but mainly eat rodents as adults.
Well, it's interesting, but not something I think I'd want to encounter in the wild. Especially not with my wife as she'd probably have a terror attack because she's deathly afraid of snakes.
So beautiful! When I was little my mother taught us the rhyme "Red and yellow, dangerous fellow (= coral snake), red and black, venom lack (=milk snake)." You look to see whether the red stripes come next to the yellow stripes or the black stripes. Not that we had either type of snake around where I grew up (well, milk snakes were possible, but I never saw one), but it was fun to know the difference. Black and White: P for Plurimiregia
I'm in awe of how some folks like to keep snakes as a pet. These critters do not strike me as the warm, fuzzy kind of pets. In fact, they creep me out. Although it's not a poisonous snake if I saw it, I'd be alarmed because of it's colors. I can never remember the little rhyme.
They are beautiful snakes.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's interesting, but not something I think I'd want to encounter in the wild. Especially not with my wife as she'd probably have a terror attack because she's deathly afraid of snakes.
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
Tossing It Out
Oh, very pretty! But I have to tell you I read it first as MILK SHAKE! LOL
ReplyDeleteJanet’s Smiles
She is very pretty and this snake is harmless but has similar markings to, is it the coral snake?? That one is poisonous.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! When I was little my mother taught us the rhyme "Red and yellow, dangerous fellow (= coral snake), red and black, venom lack (=milk snake)." You look to see whether the red stripes come next to the yellow stripes or the black stripes. Not that we had either type of snake around where I grew up (well, milk snakes were possible, but I never saw one), but it was fun to know the difference.
ReplyDeleteBlack and White: P for Plurimiregia
Mike,
ReplyDeleteI'm in awe of how some folks like to keep snakes as a pet. These critters do not strike me as the warm, fuzzy kind of pets. In fact, they creep me out. Although it's not a poisonous snake if I saw it, I'd be alarmed because of it's colors. I can never remember the little rhyme.
Marvin the Martian Looney Tunes A-Z Art Sketch