Was listening to someone from Algeria who mentioned they often have issues with lizards finding their way in homes. And I was like “at that point it sounds more like a free pet than vermin.”

Also, what do you do when this happens?

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    Florida scarlet snake. Disconcerting to find a danger-colored snake in your house at midnight, even if it’s harmless. Very surprised I found it before the dog or six cats did.

    Snek

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          I heard friend of Jack

          Red and yellow kill a fellow

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            I never knew there were so many versions of this.

            Mine was:

            Red touches yellow, kill a fellow

            Red touches black, venom lack

            So a combo of a couple of these.

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      A friend of mine found one of those slither up some tiny vents and into his parents’ bathroom through the heater, in New York. All while his older brother was going number two.

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          Nor am I. It appears scarlet kingsnakes used to be considered a milk snake, but not anymore.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_snake

          The scarlet kingsnake page has a pretty good line from “peepshow”:

          “Red next to black, jump the fuck back, red next to yellow, cuddly fellow”,

          Although that’s the opposite of what I’ve always heard. Maybe it was supposed to be wrong?