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>Nonvenomous. But still... nope

Yeah, I looked it up. Never heard of a Diamondback water snake.

>nope

We have 2 or 3 black snakes or brown garden snakes around here in the warm weather. They're chasing frogs & birds. I catch them when I can and take them across the street to my vacant lot and release.  Though I can identify a black snake, I just can't bring myself to just scoop it up behind the neck. I have to pin it down first.

My wife is terribly afraid of snakes.  When we first started dating,* her mother would put rubber snakes around her house to freak her out.  I wouldn't do this today, but back then it made me a little mad so I took one of them and put it in a hanging pot above the stove.  My wife's mom isn't very tall, she had to reach up to pull the pot down.  She grabs it and without looking caries it to the sink and starts to fill it with water.  This was a few days after I put the snake in there.  All of a sudden I hear a scream, then a metallic bang and slashing of water as the pot falls in the sink.  I had such mixed feelings about that.

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Ditto on nope.  I hate snakes.

I was in a restaurant here many years ago and a little nonvenomous garden snake came in the back fire door which was open on a nice day and started slithering down the isle.  The diners where freaking.  The owner came out and like lightning captured the snake just  behind the head with chopsticks and took it outside to release.  Everyone applauded.

I know we have cultural differences but… LMFAO

Unintended humor is usually the best kind.

It's true, they love playing with them and my old  (now dead) dog wasn't a fan of them either.

I'll add ex wives to the list, as they generally (at least in my experience) don't fall into either of those 2 groups.

>"Cats and Humans are the only species that kill for pleasure."

Killer whales do as well.