Ok...in all fairness using your criteria. I have lived in S. Florida for over 40 years. In that time I have run accross dozens of wild Eastern Diamondback Rattlers. Defensive, yes. But they do not strike unless you are way too close. Moccasins? very docile. I have placed my hook in their mouth and they didn't strike-unless you put flesh too close.

Now Pygmy rattlers are much more inclined to bite first, but the snake most likely to bite out there is the common Penninsula water snake. It is because of these snakes snappyness and mis-identification that so many people think Mocs are aggressive.

Frank
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