I had a cabinet literally fall off the wall in my laundry room. While cleaning up the mess and glass, I was reaching into a corner that was shaded and didn't see a small snake laying there. About the time it registered with my mind what it was, it lightly bit me as I was moving my hand away. Well, needless to say, I started back pedaling out of the narrow space and crashed down (don't ever back pedal in large flip-flops!) and ended up knocking myself out for a few seconds (saw stars, etc...). The only thing that got me up so quick was the thought it was another water moccasin - they're the only snake that will actually chase you down! After my hubbie killed it, we took it to a snake man who said it was non-poisonous, but that all snake mouths are FULL of bacteria and a non-poisonous snake can do as much harm as a poisonous snake, especially if they draw blood (which this one didn't). We have lots of water moccasins/cottonmouths here and I don't take any chances with them!
