Outdoorsy folks may be familiar with a creepy nursery rhyme of sorts often used to quickly identify snakes on sight: "Red Touch Yellow - Kills a Fellow/Red Touch Black - Venom Lack/Yellow Touches Red - Soon You'll Be Dead/Red Touches Black - Friend of Jack." But, perhaps unsurprisingly, shorthand rhymes aren't your most solid source when it.. Red touch yellow Kill a fellow Red touch black Friend of Jack. The poem refers to the color of two very similar looking but oh so different snakes. The eastern coral snake has bands of red, yellow, and black but the red bands are always next to the yellow. The kingsnake has the same color bands but red bands always touch black.
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Their distinctive coloration consists of alternating bands of red, yellow, and black. Remember the rhyme "Red touch yellow, kill a fellow"? This warning rhyme is a useful way to differentiate venomous coral snakes from non-venomous look-alikes, such as scarlet king snakes. Coral snakes have a short, blunt tail, unlike non-venomous mimics.. North American coloration patterns. Experts now recognize that certain coloration patterns and common mnemonics—such as the phrase "Red against yellow, deadly fellow; red against black, friendly Jack," which people sometimes use to distinguish between the venomous coral snake and the non-venomous milksnake—are not consistent enough to be trustworthy.
