Pretty fella! Nice find, rude or not. And a fast snake like that would definitely be good for rodent control.
Medium-to-large nonvenomous snakes seem to be more prone to biting, since it benefits them to show aggressiveness. It's actually a decent measure of identification with one particular snake: cottonmouths. They look a lot like several dark-bodied species of nonvenomous snake, but, where most similar water snakes will strike or bluff-charge, cottonmouths either retreat or curl up and display their mouths. If it comes at you or acts aggressive, it's not a cottonmouth. There are, however, a couple of similar-looking water snakes that will charge you in an effort to startle you into letting them escape.
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