Anyone ever see coral snakes?

Good question, I’ve heard of a few but they seem pretty rare.

Saw one when I was young in central LA. He was under some bark from an old fallen tree before my grandfather gave it the shovel. Never seen one since.

I've never seen one. I've been told that it's a very shy snake and even if you are near one, it'll likely hide before you can see it.

Fairly uncommon, and the bites are even rarer. The company that made the antivenom actually quit making it almost 20 years ago because it was so expensive to produce and rarely used.

See them every year here on buffalo bayou in west Houston. Only place I’ve ever seen them though.

There was a thread on here a few weeks ago and some poster said his dad or grandfather had seen several/ killed several. I just figured his dad worked at the zoo because he damn sure has never seen 'several' in the wild. Coral snakes are very rare.

Had never seen one until I went to Sicily island wma and saw two within 5 minutes of one another.

Not uncommon on the Kisatchie and calcasieu districts of Kisatchie or really anywhere there are sandy soils. They are primarily nocturnal and if you do see one they try to get away. Very hard to get one to stay still for a photo

Never seen one in the wild. Some knucklehead in SW Alabama got bit by one a couple of years ago. Almost died. He had picked it up.

They're pretty hard to find in most of their range. There's probably not that many of them to begin with, but they also spend most of their time burrowed under leaf litter, or logs, or down in rodent holes.

I’ve lived in Lincoln Parish for 16 years and have seen 2 over that span. 1 was in an azalea bed in my front yard and the other was dead in the road after being run over by a car.