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Do you not know the difference between a kingsnake and black mamba?!

The Kingsnake derives its name from its habit of eating other snakes, and is most famous for eating rattlesnakes, copperheads and coral snakes. But it also feeds on other snakes, lizards, birds and their eggs, small mammals, turtles and frogs. The Common Kingsnake is a nonvenomous member of the "harmless" Colubridae Family, which includes gopher snakes, garter snakes and whip snakes.

A Black Mamba: As little as two drops of venom can kill a person and a mamba can have up to 20 drops of venom in its fangs. The most deadly snake in the world. Plus they feed on small mammals and birds, like voles, rats, squirrels, mice, rats, or bush babies. Glad they only live in south Africa!

A King SNake? You want to turn it loose in your backyard?

How about a black momba?

I kinda think you are adding more to the problem by adding more in.


How to remove a snake?
http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/wildlife/g908.htm

Then there is this one who actually killed an alligator
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4313978.stm

I did a quick google search on the King Snake and it is poisnious at least the site I looked at said it was. They compared it to the cobra, and it was #11 on most deadly, the black momba was #10.


Somehow I do not think getting a snake to kill a snake is any solution. Take a look at the site link provided, there is a fence that keeps snakes out.

Black Mambas are probably the... absolute worse type of snake you can get. They travel at a VERY fast pace, they strike VERY fast, and they're VERY poisonous. They're probably equivalent to 7 moccassins.

Actually the water moccassins was higher up on the list of most dangerous. Maybe because there are more of them I do not know. I do know that the black mombas are dangerous but so are the king snakes and what have you.

Snakes yuck, all I can say is the first thing I would do is move. I hate snakes they are the only thing that I hate in this world, even more then the komodo dragon. Snakes they slither on the ground, they have no legs that is the devil as far as I am concerned.

I was not suggesting the black momba to get anyone one killed either, the point was bringing in more snakes is not a solution.

The kingsnake is a large, powerful snake found throughout mainland Florida in a variety of habitats, often near water. Although normally between 36 and 48 inches, it is known to reach 82 inches in length.

The kingsnake color pattern varies almost as dramatically as that of the rat snakes. In north Florida, most are the eastern kingsnake variety, which is shiny black with narrow crossbands of white or light yellow. Most central and south Florida specimens are the Florida kingsnake variety, with many indistinct crossbands on a yellow and black "salt and pepper" background. Some populations are intermediately speckled or blotched, but all varieties have the distinctive kingsnake chin marked by black and yellow.

The kingsnake is an egg-laying constrictor, feeding primarily on rodents, birds and reptiles. Its reputation as the "king of snakes" probably stems form its fondness for eating other snakes, including rattlesnakes and other pit vipers, whose venom does not harm the kingsnake. Persons not keen about having many snakes on their property should be careful to safeguard their local kingsnakes!

It's a big no no to kill a kingsnake around here, they kill field mice and rattlesnakes for us =) We have a ball python that lives in this room I'm in right now! As long as you know how to handle snakes, they're just like another pet, that doesn't make any noise.

Link for info. about the deadly snake, the black mamba
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/wildkingdom/blackmamba/blackmamba.html

Totally off topic well almost.........is it true if you put a snake in the freezer it slows down its motabilism and almost puts it into a sleep? I just ask because there is a snake and reptile exhibition that Marc wants to take the girls too but I said no way it is not safe. He said they freeze the snakes first so they are in a deep sleep or trance like.

I doubt they would freeze them. As far as I know, they're well fed beforehand. Snakes are very food driven so if they're well fed, they barely move.

It'll be a great experience for your kids, especially if you have a snake phobia. I am spastically afraid of spiders and went to a show like that where they had a tarantula. I sucked it up and pet the #$%^ thing in front of my kids. Darned near fainted when she suggested letting it crawl on my hand though!