What's the rhyme they use to differentiate coral snakes from other non-venomous spiecies?

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Answer: As you can see, people can't remember their nursery rhymes... In the U.S., coral snakes ALWAYS have a black nose, and the coloring goes red, yellow, black yellow, red, yellow, black, yellow, etc. Our milksnakes and scarlet snakes, and scarlet kingsnakes have red noses and are red, black, yellow, black, red, black, yellow, black, red, etc. Now. Keep in mind that there are natural variations in snake coloration and patterning. I once saw a coral snake in someone's collection that had a black nose, a yellow band, a red band, another yellow band, and was black the rest of the length of it's body. But, it still had a black nose and red touching yellow... which I prefer to think of as a traffic light, yellow touches red, and you stop. *shrug* Just easier for me than children's rhymes.

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