re: This is why you kill snakes!

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Yeah, no. It's the only snake that makes me back up from the glass

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According to LINK

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Bites are relatively rare, due to their docile nature and because their range is mainly limited to rainforest areas. Due to their sluggishness and unwillingness to move even when approached, people are often bitten after they accidentally step on them, but even then in some cases they may not bite.

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Meh....

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If I lived in Florida, I'd spend every day looking for pythons to catch

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And kill all of them since they are an invasive species with no natural predator in Florida.

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but I often wonder if they may strike above the knee

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It's whatever is the easiest/most convenient area for them to strike, I think. Bite from a rattler is what killed my Ggggrandfather. In his case, he was bending over to pick up a rabbit he had shot and the rattler struck him in the right shoulder.

probably small mammals and birds