If your belief is that no snake is aggressive, you haven't been around many.

The snake pictured is aggressive. They will come straight at you and bite you if they don't want you around. They will also steal fish and will not back away if you have something they want. Cottonmouths can also be very aggressive to the point of chasing and pursuing non-food animals. I understand that they don't always do it, but an animal that chooses fight over flight when threatened is still an aggressive animal.

I'm not scared of snakes and do not kill them. But saying you're a snake lover and believe no snake is aggressive is just silly. It's like saying bears aren't aggressive because 9 out of 10 don't attack. It's that 10th one that's a doozy...

wish I still had the video.. was fishing off the dock at my parents' pond a few years ago. Had a little perch I was cutting up for bait sitting on the dock next to me. Something catches my eye.. a d@mn water snake poking his head up the side of the dock. He crawled up, grabbed what was left of my bait and took off. Little thief! This was when the iphone 4 was brand new.. had a video of the whole thing but it's long gone!

FOUND it.. hope this works:

Video: Snake Thief

You should see how fast I can move when I'm close to those

I have a walking path that I keep mowed very short...through the pasture behind our home. I take our Dachshund and walk Her in the evening once the sun sets beneath the tree line. It is about 1/2 mile long and we take our time, so She can smell all the smells and do Her 'business'.

Yesterday, I spotted what was clearly a snake about 30 yds. ahead. It was stretched out part way across the path. Snake was about 3' long, the path is 9' wide.

The snake was very light colored...so I was anxious to get up there and see what it was. When we got within 6-8 yds. it picked its head up about a foot off the ground and looked directly our way. I knew right then...it was a 'racer' of some type.

Well, our Dachshund spotted the movement and started pulling at the leash, at which time the snake crossed the path and went into the tall grass.

I couldn't locate it, but got a really good look at it. It was a Buttermilk Racer, had a LOT of white speckles on it. In fact, it was more white than anything else. I've seen them before but none as speckled as this one.

I did not have time to get my cell out to try and get a picture, but it was a real treat to see the snake.

If I had not had the dog with me, I would have made a real effort to find and catch it. But if you've ever tried to catch a racer in tall grass, you know how difficult it would be. They can really move..and the few I have caught in my lifetime were all too willing to bite! Not venomous, of course...but they do like to bite.

Very cool snake to have come across.

Cool pic...and an educational post.

The water snakes developed the ability to puff out their heads to mimic a venomous snake. Just like how a cottonmouth will open its mouth to show you it's cotton like mouth so you know to leave it alone.

Chilean jack-knifed pit viper

This.

Real exotic looking snake, he's a beauty.

Y'all talking about cottonmouth crossed with copperhead, I'd like to see that.

That triangular head is nothing i could assume is non venomous

A dead one?

Broad Banded Water Snake

Must be a Diamond Head Copper Water Rattle Moccasin.

Not sure but I'd stay away

Looks like a fine place for 38 special shotshell to be used.

That sir is either a Savage24C 20 gauge, or a SmithandWesson19 38shotshell snake. Depending on what I am driving.

Sorry, the only way I would be checking it's anal scale is when they are dead