Yeah I’d gopher the hills, myself.
True story, I dreamed all last night about snakes in my apartment. Snakes in cupboards, snakes in drawers, snakes in the dresser, snakes under the bedclothes. It was not a restful night.
I don’t mind snakes, and I would be totally unfazed to find one (even a venomous one, though that would require more caution) in a woodpile, man-shed, or garage. But finding one in a kitchen drawer like that, yeah, I probably would shriek, and need about five minutes to catch my breath before being capable of dealing with it.
And even though I couldn’t identify the species exactly, it’s easy to tell that that’s a nonvenomous one. Almost all venomous snakes in North America are pit vipers, who have a triangular head that’s significantly wider than their neck. The lone exception is the coral snake, who has brightly-colored bands (no, I don’t remember the pattern of the colors, but it’s almost never important to be able to tell). That snake is giving us a good view of its narrow head, and it certainly doesn’t have brightly-colored bands, so it’s not venomous.
Q: What’s worse than being surprised by a snake in your kitchen drawer?
A: Being surprised by a snake on your motorcycle at 155 MPH (at 0:12).
Red touches Black, you’re ok, Jack.
Red touches Yellow, you’re a dead fellow.