heck no, at the time it sure wouldn't be funny. it didn't earn the name 2-step charlie for nothing
but i prolly wouldn't have picked it up either.
we really only have one snake to truly fear in FL--- Coral snake
it doesn't possess the characteristic viper skull, and is easily mistaken for a king.
i think we only have like 5 total venomous in fl and 4 of them fall into the viper category
sorry if you were scared by my original comments. i had no intent of offending or upsetting you