Comments on: Snake Euthanized After Being Found In Sandys

By: Unus sed leo

Unus sed leo — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:51:28 +0000

If red touches yellow…it is a coral snake….look before you leap…or you may find yourself suffrin like a boa constrictah
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By: OBSERVER

OBSERVER — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 20:38:33 +0000

This comes as terrific news.

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 23:33:38 +0000

Well I run to clear water all the time and it has been many many, many years and I have not seen any rats since the cat got there. back in the day the place was crawling with rats in the day time.
and I have seen the feeding stations however I have not seen what you explained.

By: Seriously?

Seriously? — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 17:00:01 +0000

Perhaps.. if people weren’t feeding them!!! Go watch at the feeding stations as these cats you speak of sit and allow one or two day old chicks to feed from their food bowls before they eat from them themselves. Its ridiculous! No snakes and NO FERAL CATS!!!

By: stunned...

stunned... — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:20:36 +0000

they found a snake eh? who?…crockwell???

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:38:42 +0000

Idiot

By: ANONYMOUS

ANONYMOUS — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 02:30:55 +0000

For someone who is deathly afraid of snakes, I think NOT!

By: jimbob

jimbob — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 01:39:49 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5-L8-3kT_U
coral snake vs milk snake

By: jimbob

jimbob — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 01:38:45 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r2mlBOQirs

By: jimbob

jimbob — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 01:35:39 +0000

brilliant lol

By: Bullnose

Bullnose — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 01:03:14 +0000

Why did you pick the name Braniac?
You don’t seem ‘Brainy’ at all.
How about if we call you ‘Stupidac’? It would seem to fit better.

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 23:21:42 +0000

ignorant I think not its quite logical. Aquariums should educate tourist and locals about animal and plant life they can encounter while living or visiting Bermuda. and also tell them where in Bermuda they can see them in nature.

By: drunken ursula

drunken ursula — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:31:26 +0000

drugs of course

By: Longtail

Longtail — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:15:49 +0000

Just wondering if the Department of Environment can “humanely euthanize” a few two legged snakes while they are about it….. the venomous type of course!

By: Zevon

Zevon — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:12:28 +0000

This type of snake also eats birds, lizads and frogs.
Introducing it in Bermuda would be a disaster.

By: Who Done it

Who Done it — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:02:50 +0000

There are plenty of snakes in Bermuda Just head over to the Hill

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:55:21 +0000

No fool.
Take it dahn de Bus Ticket place and let de busus run owah hit…

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:53:04 +0000

“imports” ?

Get a clue dood.

Yoo full of Cahow Sheet…………………………..

By: sage

sage — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:02:06 +0000

Exactly, so why did they rush to “euthanize” this particular one?

By: sage

sage — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:00:38 +0000

Keeping animals housed in cramped un-natural cages or enclosures is the worst way to teach our youth about wildlife.

By: Pequat 1609

Pequat 1609 — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:36:26 +0000

That’s a rather ignorant comment. Aquariums and zoos the world over have always housed foreign species whether they be big cats lions tigers etc or monkeys apes baboons to exotic fish This is how you educate and broaden people’s knowledge of wildlife. If we only housed local animals in our aquarium it would be pretty boring to say the least.

By: Pequat 1609

Pequat 1609 — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:30:37 +0000

Sorry you are wrong This snake is harmless milk snake.

http://www.wildlife-removal.com/snakecolorrhyme.html

By: Pequat 1609

Pequat 1609 — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:18:03 +0000

Actually the term is red touching yells will kill a fella. I stand to be corrected but the snake you mention is the coral snake and it is indeed quite deadlybb

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:33:59 +0000

Your talking about the two legged rats right.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:20:12 +0000

How do you euthanise a snake? Give it a good slap with a shovel when it is not looking!?

By: Full Fuulish

Full Fuulish — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:12:35 +0000

Hold up- you look at that picture and see red, yellow, black as the pattern? Starting from the head?
Its clearly black, red, black, yellow. You must be having a laugh!

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:08:43 +0000

And what about people’s small pets????? We don’t need any dang snakes here. We have enough of two legged ones.

By: Rhonnda O

Rhonnda O — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:49:40 +0000

Sad they killed the snake. Too bad the aquarium couldn’t take it, or a someone who knows how to handle snakes.

But given the poor parrots at the botanical gardens, a snake had no chance.

By: JCS

JCS — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:35:51 +0000

So, we need this snake to kill rats. I guess this is a really bright snake that if you tell it to just kill rats, it will do just that! Never mind feeding on skinks (endangered) or blue birds (endangered), longtail and cahow chicks also. If this snake was released it would only be a matter of time before it went from one end of the island to the other. Think people before you make such silly statements.

By: Geingham

Geingham — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:24:12 +0000

That is no coral snake.

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:06:28 +0000

There is a simple fix. we just need to employ a few Bermudians cats at the shipping dock in town and at customs in St Goe.

By: Seriously?

Seriously? — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:05:51 +0000

It is NOT a Coral snake!!

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:01:15 +0000

No! Bermudians first .. we have Bermudian cats for that and they are doing a mighty fine job. In areas like clear water that should and used to be over run with rats.

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:56:39 +0000

My personal view, the aquarium should only contain Bermudians not imports.

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:50:47 +0000

True but a lot of the stuff like spider snakes come in on shipping containers. Most of the stowaways that come in on boats don’t like to saltwater to much.

So unless you dock up that are not coming off the boat that easily.

the only thing we should really worry about are copper heads.

One thing we under sell/market to tourist in Bermuda is that there is nothing in Bermuda waters that’s is going to harm/kill/ maim you unless you go looking for them.

By: Renee8763

Renee8763 — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:44:34 +0000

thats the way i remember it.

By: Family Man

Family Man — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:42:57 +0000

Trouble is that the snake will quickly learn that birds and their eggs are much easier to catch and eat than the rats. Then we’ll have rats, snakes and no birds.

By: Maddog

Maddog — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:36:19 +0000

How about we stick with the point of the story – CALLING ALL IDIOTS…. DO NOT RELEASE YOUR UNWANTED PETS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT – they can destroy an entire eco system

By: yahmon

yahmon — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:29:59 +0000

A coral snake (Micrurus tener tener) showing its characteristic red-yellow-black banding pattern. While generally shy and nonconfrontational, the snake’s neurotoxic venom can produce extreme pain, and even death.

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Examine the snake’s ring pattern. Determine if red and yellow rings are touching; if so, this is a venomous coral snake.[1] This simple color check is the easiest way to tell the difference between a coral snake and a scarlet king snake in the US.
On a coral snake, the ring pattern is red, yellow, black, yellow, red.
In the case of a scarlet king snake, the ring pattern is red, black, yellow, black, red, or maybe blue

By: sage

sage — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:28:35 +0000

The widespread use of anti-coagulant rat poison has probably decimated the owl population too, so more rats and mice.

By: yahmon

yahmon — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:26:01 +0000

people are funny i used to play with an have been bitten numerous times. snake is harmless . RED MEETS BLACK YOUR OK JACK . RED MEETS YELLOW YOUR A DEAD FELLOW

By: yahmon

yahmon — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:24:22 +0000

completly wrong .

By: yahmon

yahmon — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:22:41 +0000

red touches black your ok jack red touches yellow your a dead fellow

By: Anbu

Anbu — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:04:38 +0000

No it isnt

By: Brainiac

Brainiac — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:01:36 +0000

YES IT IS! YES IT IS!…..AHHH NAHH I DONT THINK SO….BUT LOOKIN AT IT AGAIN COULD BE! YES IT IS….ITS GOT BLACK IN IT! HMMM NOT SURE THOUGH!

By: Brainiac

Brainiac — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:57:28 +0000

NO ITS NOT! NO ITS NOT SORRY!

By: AMonk

AMonk — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:57:22 +0000

Was just there yesterday. There are 2 snakes resident, both of the python/constrictor types.

By: Brainiac

Brainiac — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:55:40 +0000

THIS IS A CORAL SNAKE AND THERE ARE MANY TYPES!

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:48:56 +0000

And when you run red your dead.
When you run yellow your a lucky fella………………

I need a rum.

By: Deep Dive

Deep Dive — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:22:33 +0000

Not a coral snake, just so you know.