here in TV you are more likely to be bitten by your neighbor's dog than by a poisonous snake.
Contrary to what is thought snakes are not naturally aggressive to humans. They will give us as wide a berth as we give them. There is nothing we have on our person they want. They can't eat you and they don't go around looking for really big things to bite.
Most snake mishaps are attributed to accidents as in stepping on one by accident....or doing something really stupid instead of safety first.
There is really no need to distinguish which ones are poisonous....it is much easier and much safer to adopt the practice assuming all the snakes you come across are poisonous.
But if you really are into needing to know....and really want to get close enough to tell the differences.....all non poisonous snakes have round black eyes.....poisonous have non round eyes and the pupils are slit like a cat's. The poisonous ones heads are some what triangular shaped due to the venom sacs on each side of the head.
Also please resist the urge to kill a snake. They do significantly more good for humans and rarely do us any harm.
We invaded their turf just like we did the alligators.
btk
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