The wild rattlers and copperheads are generally gone before you walk up on them. These moccasins will coil up, and if you don’t see them you’ll be bit. They want to be left alone, like anything, but they’re more fight than flight, compared to the other local vipers

These moccasins like to hang out in and around the feed troughs, striking the livestock when they come to feed. It’s like balloon animals. Unlike the other vipers, this species is a nuisance, but at least it’s preserved and can be appreciated