Stupid to pick up a poisonous snake, but I have helped non poisonous snakes across the road so they would not be killed...one being a 7 foot gopher snake. Been bitten many times...no big deal.
Snakes are cool.....they keep the moonbat population under control.
It's nice to see someone else doesn't think it's so crazy to help a snake, or any critter for that matter, across the road. You don't have to be a PETA kook to love God's creatures, and help them along now and then.
When we lived in the Northwest, I used to walk through our yard, over and over again, to make sure there weren't any snakes in the yard. Not because I feared them, I just didn't want to mow over one and kill it.
When I find a spider in the house, I capture it in a container and put it outside. I do the same with bees.
But hey, I'm not perfect. I also hunt and fish. LOL