Coral snake, right?

Definitely. God makes absolutely amazing creatures. I have never seen a coral snake. Although they are the only neurotoxin snake in North America, they don't have pit viper fangs so they can't deliver much of it in a strike, you have to be fricking around with it at a level 10 to find out about it. Or so I've read.

Awesome find, awesome pics.

I've never seen one out and about in the woods. Great pic and beautiful snake

Red next to yella will kill a fella.

Red next to black is a friend of jack.

That’s how I’ve always remembered it.

why you not pew pew pew?

I seen two in my life.

You basically have to be holding them and they have to bite you around some loose skin such as the area between your fingers.

Yep, I’ve seen 4 in the 2 years since we bought property west of Tomball, and about 15 copperheads in that same span. I saw a big king snake earlier today, only the second one of those I’ve seen unfortunately.

Yellow touches red you're dead.

I had a snake expert tell me recently that the "red and yellow kill a fellow" rhyme isn't always accurate. There are variations of colors that coral snakes can have. Some where the red is almost non-existent and some where the yellow is extremely faint. there are also some non-venomous snakes that have red and yellow touching.
myths

I'm not going to be picking up any colorful snakes anytime soon

I’ve seen one, it was in Alabama stuck to a sticky mouse trap