>> Having done grounds crew work here in Fl and being a herper I used to be the one they would call at one place I worked whenever they found a snake. Of course the black racers always just take off but the other common one I would find would be yellow rats. I have found that 95% of the time you can pick up a yellow rat snake without even an attempt of biting by the snake as long as your gentle with it.

You remind me of an encounter I had with a black rat last fall. LOL!

I'm sort of out in the country, and on a long quiet road. In warm months, I frequently find snakes on the road. Usually flat, unfortunately. But one day I saw a loooooooooong black rat stretched comfortably across the warm asphalt. So I stopped to shoo him off. Only he did NOT plan on moving. He was comfy. So I took my shoes off and put them over my hands to "encourage" him. That snake struck at those shoes over and over -- NOT happy that I was disturbing his nap. I finally did get him off the road, but it was a struggle!
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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