Sheta

It has been my experience that many descriptions using terms like 'aggressive' were taken from older accounts...but did not take into account that snakes prefer to be left alone but when confronted with an 'aggressive' species like humans that are large and potentially dangerous, they do their best to protect themselves. I am always irritated by this. I have had people tell me a snake was very aggressive and when I asked them to describe what it was doing, it was usually striking, tail shaking or hissing in response to being poked!

Congrats on your snake spotting! I find it very humorous at your use of the word aggressive though. One small snake surrounded by 2 large, predatory mammals...hmmm....could it be the snake was in fear for it's life and was only responding to that threat?