Are milk snakes poisionous

Coral snakes are deadly but milk snakes are fine. The Milk snakes look just look like coral snakes as a defense.

The difference between the two (in appearence) is:

Milksnakes have a pattern of: BLACK, RED, BLACK, YELLOW, BLACK, RED, BLACK, YELLOW, BLACK (ect)

Coral snakes have a pattern of: BLACK, YELLOW, RED, YELLOW, BLACK, YELLOW, RED, YELLOW, BLACK, YELLOW (ect)

A ryme that may help you to remember the difference is:

RED BLACK, VENOUM LACK

RED YELLOW, KILLS A FELLOW