I agree with your assessment of snakes. I have stepped over several rattlesnakes & once a huge cottonmouth. None of them tried to strike me but I surprized a rattlesnake on his way to a waterhole & it was a different story. Have you ever seen pictures of rattlesnakes standing upright & dancing on their tales? Those pictures are not faked, they really can do that.
"Have you ever seen pictures of rattlesnakes standing upright & dancing on their tales? Those pictures are not faked, they really can do that."
Had a rattler do that to me, the sound was enough to stop my heart but watching it sway back and forth was scary. Grabbed the dogs and backed quickly away.