Black snakes are to the Villages what "Garter snakes" or "garden snakes" are to the suburbs of New England. The main difference in behaviors: they're faster than garter snakes, they grow around twice as long, and their bite is a bit more painful because their teeth are longer. But they aren't fond of people, they are not aggressive. They enjoy sunning in the grass, eating vermin, and generally minding their own business.
I stepped too close to one that was napping in a patch of taller ground cover near the Paradise archery range last year, and it didn't bite me. It just slithered away very fast.
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