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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | In the comic, [[Megan]] confuses a popular method of identification of the dangerous North American {{w|coral snake}} by its red, yellow, and black stripes with the {{w|Electronic color code|color-coding system}} | + | In the comic, [[Megan]] confuses a popular method of identification of the dangerous North American {{w|coral snake}} by its red, yellow, and black stripes with the {{w|Electronic color code|color-coding system}} using colored bands to mark the resistance of electrical resistors. |
− | The coral snake has red bands adjacent to its yellow bands. However, coral snakes are {{w|mimicry|mimicked}} by nonvenomous species with similar coloring, such as the {{w|milk snake}}, whose red bands are not adjacent to its yellow bands. | + | The coral snake has red bands adjacent to its yellow bands. However, coral snakes are {{w|mimicry|mimicked}} by nonvenomous species with similar coloring, such as the {{w|milk snake}}, whose red bands are not adjacent to its yellow bands. This has led to a variety of rhyming {{w|mnemonic}}s, such as “Red touches yellow, kill a fellow; red touches black, friend of Jack.” |
− | + | In electronics, {{w|resistor}}s and other electronic components have their parameters marked on their body using colored bands. Resistors have at least three bands to identify their nominal resistance in {{w|ohm}}s, followed by an optional fourth band showing the {{w|engineering tolerance|tolerance}} as within the bounds of a certain percentage of the aforementioned resistance value. A red band followed by a yellow and a black one identifies a 24 ohm resistor (the Omega symbol, “Ω”, stands for ohms). | |
− | The title text refers to the fourth band specifying the tolerance but interprets it as the snake's tolerance for being held | + | Therefore, Megan is actually holding a coral snake, which contain the most potent venom of any snake in North America. Luckily for her, the snake lacks an efficient method of delivery when compared to rattlesnakes or cobras, and must actually ''chew'' on the victim to release a fatal dose. Most people can remove the snake well before it can finish, so the survival rate is quite high. |
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+ | The title text refers to the fourth band specifying the tolerance but interprets it as the snake's tolerance for being held, instead of the measure of the inaccuracy. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | [Megan and Cueball are standing in some grass. Megan is holding a snake with red, yellow, and black stripes] | |
− | + | Megan: Red touches yellow, which I think means this is a 24Ω snake. | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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