Not so much of a Snake guy but Sea Snakes i am. I do appreciate your enthusiasm for Snakes, they need all the help that they can get too. 
My mother is from the south, and where she is from they kill snakes on site, regardless if they are good or bad, just shoot em, just because the are snakes. When I was young I tried to stop this practice and they looked me like I had 3 heads.
Earl exactly why I don't have snakes. Or birds, as youngster they used to call me "The Audubon Society" because I was into birds, snakes and sharks. They are cool as fuck to me, but every woman I know hates them. So I can appreciate Doug's enthusiasm for Sharks, I used to have a huge shark book as child, and I real good at drawing their profiles, while the spiricles and knowing what their denticles look like, especially on their teeth.